The Best Government Money Can Buy!!!

 So our "trusted" FDA approved a new drug Aducanumab for Alzheimer's disease -  disregarding the recommendation by its own advisory panel not to approve the drug.

Could this have something to do with money???????

More comments from concerned scientists: "Data that cognitive decline is slower is thin"....Biogen juggled material/info to suit their results......"Biogen could only show that in one study it’s drug slowed the progression of Alzheimer’s for a mere 4 months. It’s other study showed no benefit at all. The FDA’s expert panel recommended against approval for the excellent reason that there is no proof the drug works. Ignoring facts, the FDA approved a drug that will benefit no one but Biogen and it’s shareholders. 

Biogen’s CEO said the $56,000 annual price for this drug (aducanumab - Aduhelm), is “fair.” (????Really? – for a drug that doesn’t work?)

This drug is in dangerous snake oil territory ......we don't know about possible  side effects……and those living with or caring for loved ones with dementia are easy prey. 

 We have the best government money can buy!!!!

I haven't contributed to my blog for a while - but this FDA ruling woke me up!

I’m 92, caring for my 94 yr old husband (Harvard Medical School Graduate,  former practicing OB-GYN MD, Professor at Stanford)who now suffers from dementia. My husband worked at the  FDA when a drug had to be absolutely efficacious before it was released to the public. (His book “Proving New Drugs” -written in 1969 - is still worth reading!)

So – ignoring facts, the FDA approved a drug that will benefit no one but Biogen and it’s shareholders.

 This drug is in the same category as the ones touted on tv every night by people who take these "magic potions" and say their memory is great! Really! And how would their memory be if they didn't take the drug? Who knows? (In my day we would say "the Shadow knows"!)