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This is the nature of drug companies ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick McGirr" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 10:19 AM Subject: Re: 60 Minutes > Linda, > > Thanks for the links. I couldn't help seeing my future as I watched > these poor people struggle to speak. I have written to about 20 > friends asking them to check out the story, and I have also written to > and called Amgen, to express my disgust for them. We rarely hear of > such callous disregard for the needs of the sick and disabled, > perpetrated by a company who claims to be in the business of helping > people. Joseph Mengele or the Alabama syphillis studies are good > bedfellows for this American corporation. > > I also wrote to CBS, thanking them and Lesley Stahl. > > Let's turn up the heat on Amgen. They shouldn't be allowed to get > away with this. > > Enjoy life! > Rick McGirr > Email: [log in to unmask] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda J Herman" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:08 PM > Subject: 60 Minutes > > >>I hope many of you watched 60 minutes tonight and were as moved by it >>as >> I was. These people deserve to be treated better than lab rats. I >> don't >> care what amgen's paid bioethicist/consultant said -- the GDNF trial >> participants have been treated in the most unethical manner by >> Amgen. >> They pleaded with the company to reinstate their treatments, their >> doctors appealed to Amgen, the FDA said it would give the green >> light... >> and still amgen refused. Refused to even meet with them. >> >> Please go to http://pdpipeline.org/gdnf_controversy.htm >> >> Click on What you can do for sample letters to Kevin Sharer, CEO of >> Amgen. Please write to him tonight or tomorrow. We want to flood >> his >> desk with letters from the Parkinson''s community. >> Thanks, >> Linda >> p.s. if you missed the report, the transcript is on the 60 minutes >> web >> site >> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/08/60minutes/main828098.shtml >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn