Ask FDA to Better Serve Diabetes Patient Needs

www.HelpTheFDA.com Please sign and circulate this petition “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 …