I've been on the phone this morning with Veterinary Products Laboratories. They were unable to answer my questions but say they will have someone call me. I also left a message for the CEO of Carrington Labs (without a great deal of hope that they will return my call). I did my best to be friendly and professional...here is a list of my questions (and general talking points):
I understand that the injectable form of veterinary Acemannan is being withheld from the market due to an audit of this product. As a member of the felineleukemia.org mailing list, I would like to ask you some questions. We have no commercial interests and only want to give our pets the best possible life. Many of us have very sick cats with feline leukemia and would very much like to purchase your product.
1) What organization is responsible for the unavailability of this product? Do you have the name of a contact person for this organization?
2) When was this audit instigated?
3) It was my understanding that this is a routine audit – yet this audit has been going on for well over a month. This is the first I have heard of a routine audit that prohibits people who need the drug from purchasing it for such a long period of time. How often does this happen and are there any other products which might suddenly become unavailable for long periods of time?
4) I notice that wound dressings containing Acemannan Hydrogel are still available on the market – how is it that the non-injectable form of the product is not affected by the audit?
5) Is this product available outside the US
6) Is it possible to purchase the raw materials and formulate Acemannan for injection for personal use only?
7) Where can I go for more information?
Thank you for your time.
I don't know where to go from here. I'm thinking of contacting the FDA and asking them which organization instigated this audit and ask where I can go for more information. If I find out anything further, I will let you all know.
elizabeth
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To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 6:26 AM
Subject: Re: Acemannan availability
Soon after they first began to withhold this product from the market, I called Veterinary Products Lab. (Hideyo found out about this initially when she was trying to buy the product). It was still available on their site then too. That's when they told me about the audit. At that time I searched for restrictions and found nothing as well. They said this kind of audit was routine but I find that hard to believe since it has been withheld for so long.
elizabeth
In a message dated 10/26/2006 6:12:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
http://www.vpl.com/product.php?catmain=&mainkey=&pid=80&key=8&cat=Wound%20Management
so the injectible is still on their current webpage, for what that's worth!
On 10/26/06, Paolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I dug in my old Emails about ACEMANNAN (please note the double N in the
> spelling, if you use a search engine ACEMANAN won't work), and in effects
> once I contacted Carrington Labs, and they redirected me to Veterinary
> Products Laboratories (VPL, http://www.vpl.com), that unfortunately I
> could not contact at that time because their mail server kept bouncing
> back my emails.
> From the info in my possession, injected Acemannan works great with a
> number of *localized* (i.e. not spread) tumors. Carrington Labs, at that
> time, did not mention any FDA restriction.
>
> Good luck
> Paolo
>
>
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