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Dear Sir,

I am writing further to your removal of the following text that I added to the entry for Thalidomide:-

"Alan Pharmaceuticalsis a key supplier of thalidomide worldwide. It cooperates closely with Thalidomide UK, the advisory and campaign organization run by the survivors of the thalidomide tragedy. Also, it is marketed by Celgene as Thalomid with standard warnings for pregnant women to avoid taking it."

I thought it would be helpful for me to explain to you why I wanted to add this text. I suffer from multiple myeloma, a form of bone cancer. The major use of Thalidomide is to treat multiple myeloma, which it does with exceptionally good results.

I am resident in the USA and the most widely known brand of thalidomide is Thalomid, manufactured by Celgene. As you may know, many US citizens do not have (adequate) health insurance. Without insurance, Celgene's Thalomid costs at least 2000 USD per month! I belong to an online myeloma forum and many myeloma sufferers cannot afford this. From searching the internet, I discovered Alan Pharmaceuticals whose cost is about one-tenth of Celgene's! I obviously want to let as many other myeloma sufferers know about this as possible, and this is why I thought it would be a good thing to have it on wikipedia. I realise it may be seen as advertising (on someone else's behalf). But under these circumstance, I hope you agree it is worth including.

Yours sincerely,

Daniel Ansiano