Governor Walker signs law to help terminally ill Contact: Starlee Coleman, scoleman@goldwaterinstitute.org Madison, WI—Governor Scott Walker has signed the Wisconsin Right to Try Act, a law that protects the rights of terminally ill patients to try promising new treatments that are being safely used in clinical trials but are not yet widely available. SB […]
Read More ›March 27, 2018 To whom it may concern: During floor debate on the federal Right to Try bill on March 21, 2018, Congressman Frank Pallone read from a letter written by a Canadian activist named Andrew McFayden that included categorically false information about myself and my work treating cancer patients. My reputation and the […]
Read More ›During floor debate on a federal Right to Try bill on March 21, Congressman Frank Pallone read from a letter written by a Canadian activist named Andrew McFayden that included categorically false information about Texas doctor Ebrahim Delpassand. Congressman Pallone said that during a clinical trial being conducted by Dr. Delpassand that he failed […]
Read More ›House joins Senate in supporting law to help terminally ill Contact: Starlee Coleman, scoleman@goldwaterinstitute.org Washington, D.C.—Tonight the U.S. House of Representatives passed “Right to Try,” a law that gives new hope to patients facing life-threatening illnesses. Under the legislation, those suffering from terminal illnesses can gain access to medication still being tested in clinical trials, while […]
Read More ›March 12, 2018 Dear Members of the U.S. House: As advocates for Americans facing terminal and life-threatening illnesses, we write to urge your support for the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn & Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018. This bill will help protect the right of sick Americans to try to save […]
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