From:	Schifter, Karen
Sent:	Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:54 PM
To:	Butler, Jennie C
Cc:	Toigo, Theresa A
Subject:	FW: NBCC Response to The Abigail Alliance
Here is another one.  Thanks.  Karen

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Delaney, Patricia C  
Sent:	Friday, September 12, 2003 10:44 AM
To:	Keegan, Patricia; Pazdur, Richard; Mills, George; Williams, Grant A; Weiss, Karen; Temple, Robert; Schifter, Karen; Lorraine, Catherine C; Gottlieb, Scott; Pitts, Peter
Subject:	NBCC Response to The Abigail Alliance

 

Attac ed is the National Breast Cancer Coalition's [NBCC] response to Dr. McClellan re: The Abigail Alliance Citizens Petition.

For those of you unfamiliar with NBCC, it is one of the largest and most policy savvy cancer patient advocacy organizations in the U.S.  Founded by Fran Visco more than 10 years ago following her breast cancer diagnosis, NBCC is now a 600 member organization representing 60,000 patient advocates. 

There is a tremendous amount of "chatter" about this petition in the cancer patient advocacy community and we are aware of other groups planning to send letters to the docket.  Frank Burroughs [The Abigail Alliance] and Ellen Stovall [the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship] also appeared on a segment on the NBC Today show earlier this week discussing "compassionate use."  We have heard that many of the organized cancer patient advocacy groups are strongly opposed to the "Tier 1 Proposal."

In case you did not receive it I am also attaching Karen Schifter's guidance on FDA staff interactions with the public regarding the Abigail Alliance Citizen's Petition and the WLF lawsuit.



Patty Delaney
Food and Drug Administration
Office of Special Health Issues
Cancer Liaison Program
301-827-4460