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Old Codger

(4,205 posts) Wed Mar 12, 2014, 09:36 AM Mar 2014

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A dying seven-year-old boy who is suffering from a viral infection could receive an unapproved treatment as early as Wednesday after a drugmaker struck a deal with U.S. regulators to provide the medicine.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/12/us-usa-chimerix-child-idUSBREA2B0UU20140312

Yesterday this was posted here, the pressure from the public has had the desired affect.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024642360

SO YES WE CAN AND DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!