Why isn Catrix sold in health food stores, like shark cartilage products?
A. I’ve always played by the rules of the FDA. We got an IND and clinical trials are underway in the US and Canada. I legally use Catrix in my own practice. While there are many reasons to be impatient with the FDA, I think we should change the regulatory process by the light of sweet reason, not by ignoring the agency which we have selected to supervise drug development.[Editor’s note: as we mentioned, it now is sold in health food stores, as VitaCarte.] Q. What clinical studies are currently underway? A. At Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY and at the Royal Victoria in Montreal we have established studies on renal cell cancer. These are extremely lethal tumors. [Preliminary] results so far show a complete and/or partial response rate of about 25%. Q. Is Catrix also effective against infections? A. Yes, it’s highly effective against herpes infections. However, when it is introduced into herpes cultures, it has no effect. Its effect is solely on the patient’s immune system. Q.
