We've had quite a busy and exciting week involving the artificial pancreas campaign!
As you know, JDRF has been leading a campaign to ensure that the FDA releases a clear and reasonable artificial pancreas guidance document by December 1st that incorporates recommendations from the clinical community. In addition to the petition we’ve been circulating for the past few weeks, we held a press conference on Capitol Hill yesterday afternoon with Members of Congress, diabetes clinicians and people with type 1 diabetes, and published an ad in The Washington Post and The New York Times underscoring why FDA needs to act.
During the press conference we were able to share an exciting announcement about the petition:
WE’VE HAD OVER 100,000 PEOPLE SIGN-ON!
The speakers at the press conference spoke in front of a banner celebrating this achievement.
L-R: Cynthia Rice, Dr. Eric Orzeck, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Caitlin Ryan, Senator Susan Collins, Michelle Mundt.
We were thrilled to highlight just how much support we’ve received from advocates like you, and all in less than one month’s time. We greatly appreciate all of your support these past few weeks and hope that you’ll stay tuned and continue to work with us as we move forward in this campaign.