Steve from Missouri

Dendreon's Provenge: Government Agencies Play Hide and Seek With Facts

1. If Provenge does not enhance survival, why did it get a 13-4 vote for being effective? Are the experts on the FDA committee idiots?

2. The effectiveness of Provenge is not really the point. The FDA is not complying with the law and our tax dollars are being spent to defend them in court. I'd rather see those tax dollars spent on Provenge. What is the FDA trying to hide? Why don't they just release the information.

3. Provenge is safe and they are trying to get permission to give it to patients who are going to die very soon. Where is the risk of approving it with the requirement that the results be tracked? What is the FDA afraid of?

Generally, when there are unanswered questions of this type, you will find a money trail that leads to the truth. Time will tell. Perhaps the truth will set Provenge free.