Having a 3-year-old in the family diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and currently going through treatment, we found something very disturbing.
Teva Pharmaceuticals, the company that is/was the major producer of the drug vincristine notified the U.S. government in March that it would be discontinuing production of vincristine because it was not profitable.
Vincristine, for children with cancer, is like water to a plant. According to the experts, it is the "bread and butter" treatment drug for children with cancer.
Production was halted in July 2019. An online petition seeking signatures to present to the U.