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Possible intro to friend at cancer nano technology company
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aherscowitz@usaid.gov
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2016-01-18 07:05:30
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Hunter, Happy New Year! Do you have any interest in meeting Mitch? He's a great guy and was a partner I worked with at Piper. He then brought me to Brobeck. He's a very loyal friend, as well. He gave up law firm life when his brother Gary died of cancer at 39, leaving behind young kids. Mitch decided to work full time for a company in Rockville called Cytimmune that focuses on the use of nano technology to fight cancer. It's supposedly cutting edge stuff. I'm not sure how involved you are or are going to be in your dad's anti-cancer effort, but if you are going to be involved, would you want to meet Mitch? If not, no big deal. I suspect that you wouldn't get into the weeds on something like this, but Mitch is really smart, down-to-earth and committed. I'll be in DC next week for just a week. We're launching Power Africa's "Roadmap" at a White House event on Monday morning (Jan. 25), and then we'll have a reception at the Blair House on Tuesday (Jan. 26). Let me know if you'd want to stop by either event. It would be great to see you. Andy ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mitchell Marder <mmarder@cytimmune.com> Date: Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 8:56 PM Subject: Hello To: "Herscowitz, Andrew" <aherscowitz@usaid.gov> Andy, Hammer tells me that he spoke with you recently. Hope all is well and staying safe. Crazy stuff in Kenya – I assume that S.A. is relatively calm even though you have travel throughout the area. I need your help. I am sure that you heard POTUS' so-called "moonshot" for cancer under the leadership of the VP. The call is for cures within the next 5 years. In brief, this will not happen with the same old approach of throwing it at basic research, relying on the usual academic suspects, and building more infrastructure. I believe that the best chance is to to get funding to mid-stage companies with drugs in the clinic with leaps in approach, not incremental approaches, to treat people. These companies don't have the needed funds to complete trials given the expense and current economic environment; so timing is key. As you may know, CytImmune is one of those companies. We have major hospitals and scientists at NIH supporting our technology but the gap in funding is with the private sector and the current climate. Keep in mind that government has not traditionally funded later stage clinical trials because it is viewed as commercialization/product development – something traditionally left to the private sector not government. I hope this will finally change now under Joe's leadership! The current system has not worked. I truly believe that our drug might have helped Beau just like it might have helped my brother had it been available. Sorry for the soap box. I am hoping that we might be able to get a brief audience with the VP. I recall that you are friendly with Hunter from college. Please see what you can do. We have trials ready to go in NYC, Barcelona and Paris at major cancer centers where they are picking up the patient cost (highly unusual – a real validation from the science community). We just need funds to complete manufacture of next lot of drug and related expenses. As one of the leaders in our field of cancer, the NCI (National Cancer Institute at NIH) asked Larry to write an article – I thought you might find it interesting. I hope that you can help. Larry's son Eric, who met you in Pretoria, is now at Homeland and he is a privacy liaison with the WhiteHouse. Eric is also trying to help get our story in front of the VP. Best, Mitchell Mitchell S. Marder Executive Vice President, Corporate Development & Chief Legal Officer CytImmune Sciences, Inc. 15010 Broschart Road Rockville, Maryland 20850 +301 825-3041 (Tel) +202 415-4928 (Mobile) mmarder@cytimmune.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information in this message (and associated attachments, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this message by anyone other than the addressee is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or other action taken, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all electronic copies of this message (and associated attachments). Destroy any hard copies you may have created
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