I posted a comment on that webpage, reiterating that there were first and second phase trials of STI571/Gleevec in 1999/2000 and that the drug was the standard of care in 2003. That the FDA approved it in 2001, and it became the go-to drug. I agree that it cannot have been a matter of the article being "badly written." If Riswold was with Dr. Druker in 2000 it is hard to believe that Gleevec was not prescribed, even less that it was not prescribed until 2003.
On Oct 8, 7:45 am, Bob Bethune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Update: > > In emails to me, Riswold and Solman say that the article was badly > written, that it gave the wrong impression of the timing, and so > forth. Riswold says he was diagnosed in 2000, but didn't go on Gleevec > until 2003. He says his oncologist is Brian Druker, who was the lead > investigator in the Gleevec clinical trials. I cannot see why Brian > Druker would wait three years before prescribing Gleevec for a patient > with CML, but that's what Solman and Riswold claim. > > On Oct 7, 8:58 am, Bob Bethune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Here's something I just ran into that makes my blood boil. > > > Jim Riswold is a former advertising guy, now an artist of some kind. > > There's a profile of him currently on AdWeek. > > Here's the URL: > > >http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/creative/features/e3i2db03fb... > > > In it, he says he got sick in 2003, and that he was "one of the first > > patients to try the experimental drug STI571 (now Gleevec)." > > > As I'm sure people on this forum know, Gleevec was approved by the FDA > > on May 10, 2001--two years before Riswold ever got sick. > > > All I can see here is a cheap publicity stunt of the lowest order, a > > direct slap in the face at thousands of people like you and me and and > > those we love who have CML. Those of us who have the disease should > > demand accountability when things like this get published. > > > I have written an angry email to the email addresses provided in the > > article, and I certainly hope AdWeek runs an apology, but I'm not > > holding my breath.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
