Hi All -
Some of you said you are curious about what Dr. Sugarbaker's response to the question about Alympta will be. Here it is.

Sugarbaker, David John,M.D. to me
show details 5:30 PM (22 minutes ago)

Hi. An Alympta assay has not been released by the oncotech company . We would certainly get it if they had it . There are three regimes with good track records in the literature. Cis-alympta, CAP ( adriamycin,cyclophasphomide and cis plat) and gem cis plat. We have a read out on two of these for Rick on the current report. . So we have options and I would defer to Dr Garland on the course of chemo . We however are very excited about Ricks report in that it gives us another option with a very very favorable resistance pattern . I tried on several occasions to reach Dr Garland but we missed and I will try again upon my return to boston on Thursday . Sounds like Rick is doing very well. The dry nonproductive cough is common and may last up to 3 months. All the best ds