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>> Lee: 7-year-old Josh Hardy has beaten cancer four times, he’s a badass, But due to his
weakened immune system being threatened by a rare virus he has to have an experimental
treatment within the next 48 hours.
>> And after days of pleading with huge drug company executives and a pretty viral save
josh Facebook page, not to mention countless supporters. Josh is finally being given a
chance.
>> Now josh’s journey started when he was 9 months old and diagnosed with a rare form
of kidney cancer at 9 months old, eventually leading to him to beat it, it coming back,
him beating it again, then it coming back again, and then him needing a bone marrow
transplant. Which then due to complications gave him the diagnoses of adenovirus, a virus
that is taking a toll on his body… This kid is such a freakin trooper. Now his parents
decided to take to pleading through social media and various news sites because they
didn’t know how to get a huge pharmaceutical company to give josh the medicine that was
still in clinical trials and is not only incredibly expensive but still experimental… but again
for josh, they are willing to take a chance if it can help.
>> Now the Big old man Chimerix Pharmaceuticals has finally agreed to gibing josh the drug…
social media kids it gets things done. And josh will be receiving the drug Brincidofovir
within the next 48 hours, and should be on his way to recovery, but what this does Is
opens doors to further families getting the treatment they need from big daddy pharmacy…
and with the multitude of experimental and still tentative drugs out there hopefully
this will shed light onto its abilities.