I'm replying to this old message of mine because this new cancer news from MannKind reminds me that this three year delay,caused by the CRL,not only affects diabetics but also those with cancer.Al said two years ago that the cancer treatments were at least three years from approval.The cancer programs were put on hold so the delay makes that 6 years.How many people could have been helped by the cancer treatments in the MNKD pipeline in those three years?
I think Marty has a lot of blood on his hands.I hope that the money he made off of MNKD's CRL is worth it.

Pat and Pattie Killingsworth Weeki Wachee, Florida, United States Pat and Pattie are both cancer survivors. Pat was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in April, 2007 at the age of fifty-one. There is currently no cure for this cancer of the plasma cells that are found in bone marrow. Pat achieved a three year remission after intense steroid, radiation and oral chemotherapy. Unfortunately, Pat's multiple myeloma slowly crept back. He underwent a stem cell transplant in the summer of 2011--at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa--which unfortunately didn't work. But a three drug chemo cocktail of Revlimid, Velcade and dexamethasone is keeping his myeloma under control so far. Pat's wife, Pattie, was first diagnosed with cancer in 1996. She is a cervical, uterine and ovarian cancer survivor. Despite a close call in 2009, Pattie remains cancer free today. She works with cancer patients at a Florida dialysis clinic. Pat is an author and freelance medical writer. He travels often, attending important medical conferences and speaking to cancer support groups. The Killingsworth's have dedicated their lives to helping other cancer patients and survivors learn to cope with their disease.
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