Comment from Rajan Madathil
AnonymousOtherIndividual
Summary: A private individual is requesting that the government take steps to make the drug Anktiva available to treat lymphopenia caused by cancer treatments. The commenter argues that access to this treatment is necessary to improve the survival odds for patients with compromised immune systems.
Please take steps to make Anktiva availability to address lymphopenia associated with cancer treatment, my wife is battling her breast cancer and the chemo and radiation cycles have kept her ALC consistently below 1.0, and many times below 0.5 even after 6+ months after treatments.. we are very concerned with fighting cancer with such compromised immune system. And even the ongoing targeted therapy like ribocyclib further weaken immune systems. Hence it’s absolutely necessary ti have access to a treatment like Anktiva to address this low ALC issue, to give the patients like my wife better odds of winning their cancer battle