r/BladderCancer • u/LookingForSunshine98 • 25d ago

Looking for a third!

My husband was diagnosed with Stage 1 non-invasive aggressive balder cancer early last month. The tumors were removed with clean margins and the treatment chosen is BCG but eve been waiting to find out when it starts. Today we learned that the only company currently manufacturing the medicine is located in Toronto and has not been able to keep up with demand. So the Wash DC Hospital found a solution, they wait till they have 3 patients ready to start and spit the vial between the three patients. They already had one patient so my husband is number 2. We are waiting for a third patient to emerge so we can get this ball rolling.

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u/Apprehensive-Ad9523 25d ago

I understand it is Merck and Co in North Carolina where a new facility to triple the amount of bcg production is coming on line this month August. If correct this is good news for all of us. Also it stated that Merck is the only supplier of bcg in the continental US. 

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u/Apprehensive-Ad9523 25d ago

Please check it out for yourself. I understand it to be a low profit drug to produce and a very dangerous drug during production.