KCER Summit - April 8, 2009

On behalf of the Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER) Coalition, we are very pleased to invite you to the 2009 KCER Summit. This annual coalition meeting will feature speakers on disaster preparedness and response in the kidney community, as well as recent and future Coalition activities. There is no registration fee.

This meeting is held in conjunction with the CMS/ESRD Network meeting, however, you must register separately. Please complete the REGISTRATION FORM and fax, email, or mail it back to us. Please contact us with any questions. We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore!

For the registration form and for more information on our annual Summit, please visit http://www.kcercoalition.com/summit.htm

FDA Notice: CellCept

As directed, the Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER) Coalition is providing this alert notice. Please share this information with your organization’s stakeholders, ESRD Network (facilities, patients), your State Agency contacts, and your staff. These notices will also be posted on the KCER website, http://www.kcercoalition.com/alerts.htm. Thank you!

CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil)

Audience: Renal, cardiac, and hepatic transplantation healthcare professionals
FDA and Roche Laboratories notified healthcare professionals of the introduction of a CellCept Medication Guide to provide important safety information in language that patients can easily comprehend. FDA regulations require a pharmacist to distribute a copy of the Medication Guide to every patient who fills a CellCept prescription from this point forward. FDA has also required the introduction of a Medication Guide for mycophenolic acid, marketed as Myfortic by Novartis.

Read the complete MedWatch 2009 Safety summary including links to the Dear Healthcare Professional and Dear Pharmacist letters, the new Medication Guide and the current Prescribing Information, at:

http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/2009/safety09.htm#CellCept

Calling all volunteers!

KCER will be exhibiting at the following national meetings. We always welcome our KCER volunteers to stop by the exhibit booth and volunteer some time to promote the works of KCER in the community. Please email kcer@nw7.ersd.net to volunteer for one of these meetings.

• NANT Annual Symposium, February 10-12, Las Vegas, NV
• 29th Annual Dialysis Conference, March 8-10, Houston, TX
• NKF Spring Clinical Meetings (CM09), March 25-29, Nashville, TN
• KCER Summit, April 8, Baltimore, MD
• Transplant Management Forum, April 22-24, Seattle, WA
• ANNA National Symposium, April 26-29, San Diego, CA
• KCER Community Partner Meeting, May 4, Dallas, TX