Ask FDA to Better Serve Diabetes Patient Needs

Please read this petition, sign it and tell as many other people about it as you can:
www.HealTheFDA.com

"We urge the new FDA leadership to recognize the urgent need for more safe and effective treatment options for diabetes and to reduce barriers to innovation. More treatment options will benefit patients. The disease is progressive. Delays in the availability of new treatments will only result in tremendous cost to public health and the economy. Our recommendation can benefit patients without sacrificing their safety."

Petition sponsors:
* Kelly Close: Editor, diaTribe
* Manny Hernandez: President, Diabetes Hands Foundation; Founder, TuDiabetes
* Amy Tenderich: Creator and Author, DiabetesMine (read her post about the petition)
* Allison Blass: Author, Lemonade Life
* Jennifer Block, CDE: Stanford Medical Center, Stanford University
* Nancy Bohannon, MD: Director of Clinical Research, CVD Risk Reduction Program, St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco
* Bruce Buckingham, MD: Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University
* Stead Burwell: CEO, Alliance Health Networks, Inc.
* Priscilla Call Essert: Author, My Life As A Pancreas
* Gina Capone: Co-Founder, the Diabetes Talkfest Blog
* Kitty Castellini: Founder, CEO, Producer and Host, Diabetes Living Today - Talk Radio
* David Edelman: Co-Founder, Diabetes Daily
* Steve Edelman, MD: Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego; Founder, Taking Control of Your Diabetes
* Bernard Farrell: Author, the Diabetes Technology Blog
* James S. Hirsch: Author, Cheating Destiny
* Irl B. Hirsch, MD: Professor of Medicine, University of Washington
* Lois Jovanovic, MD: CEO and Chief Scientific Officer, Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
* Francine R. Kaufman, MD: Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, USC; Head, Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles; former ADA President
* Tom Karlya: Author, Diabetes Dad
Rebecca Killion: Diabetes advocate
* David Mendosa: Diabetes Journalist
* Kerri Morrone Sparling: Author, Six Until Me
* Jenny Ruhl: Author, Blood Sugar 101
Lisa Shenson: Diabetes Parent & Advocate
* Scott Strumello: Author, Scott's Web Log
* Virginia Valentine, CNS, BC-ADM, CDE, CEO, Diabetes Network, Inc. Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Comment by Gerri on January 5, 2009 at 9:11pm
Done. Thank you!
Comment by Amy Tenderich on January 5, 2009 at 8:51am
Thank you, Manny! I just posted the video link to my site as well.

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