Prostate cancer patients, families, rally in Washington D.C.

05 June 2007 Filed under Prostate Cancer, Provenge Posted by » No Comments

Prosstate cancer patients, families and advocates rally in Washington DC June 4th to demand Approve Provenge Now

A crowd of about 70 people led by prostate cancer advocates marched and rallied in Washington, D.C. on June 4 to call on the FDA to Approve Provenge Now.

Thomas Farrington

Thomas Farrington of Prostate Health Education Network addressed the group.

Jan Manarite of Raise a Voice

Raise a Voice organizer Jan Manarite introduced speakers including Tom Farrington and Dr. Mark Moyad.

Podium with Jan, Thomas Farrington, malecare petition poster

The petition campaign was organized by malecare.com.

Visit Joel Nowak’s advancedprostatecancer.net blog,
Provenge Advocacy Hits the News

Help My Dad Live! sign carried at Prostate Cancer rally

Organizer Jan Manarite receives a hug

from her son, who carried the message

"Help My Dad Live"

On June 5, campaigners met with FDA director Andrew von Eschenbach.

View ABC-TV video here. See photos of the rally (by brad.wick) and video of Mark Moyad’s speech.

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