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Originally posted in USA Today by Jonathan Johnson For years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has had a “compassionate use” application process meant to provide patients expanded access to investigational medical products not yet approved by the FDA. However, for the terminally ill this process is impractical and has denied them access to potentially […]

Originally posted in Recordnet.com by Lori Gilbert Mike DeBartoli can’t open bottles anymore, but he laughs about how taxing it is on his patience to coach his 9-year-old stepdaughter’s girls’ basketball team. He can’t swipe an ATM card in and out of a machine fast enough to use it, but his blue eyes that would […]

Originally posted in KXAN by Staff The governor signed into law the Andrea Sloan Right to Try Act. The law makes it easier for terminally ill patients to get access to experimental drugs. The law was written in memory of Sloan, the Austin attorney who died of cancer while awaiting a drug’s approval. Her family […]

Originally posted in WFSU by Sascha Cordner The “Right To Try Act” is set to go into effect next month. Governor Rick Scott recently approved the measure allowing terminally ill patients to have easier access to experimental drugs that don’t yet have full federal approval. Rep. Ray Pilon (R-Sarasota) says he’s happy the Governor signed […]

Originally posted in WCTV by AP Terminally ill patients in Florida soon will be able to take experimental drugs, even if the medicines don’t have final federal approval. Gov. Rick Scott signed the bill Wednesday. It takes effect July 1. The bill is called the “Right to Try Act” and only applies to patients whose doctors […]

Orignally posted in Washington Times by AP MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Gabe Griffin lobbied his first bill at the age of 9. It became law when he turned 10. He’ll be in a wheelchair when he turns 12. Without the right drugs, his parents say he’ll be dead in a decade. But Gabe doesn’t know he’s […]

Originally posted in Sputnik News by Staff WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US patients with terminal illness should be able to use experimental drugs to fight diseases, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley said upon signing Gabe’s Right to Try bill into law. “As a physician, I believe it is extremely important to give terminally ill patients the option to consider experimental treatments,” Bentley said in a statement on Wednesday. […]

Originally posted in Dothan First by Staff MONTGOMERY — Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday signed Senate Bill 357, Gabe’s Right to Try, into law. This legislation authorizes access to and use of experimental treatments for patients with a terminal illness. The bill was inspired by 10-year-old Gabe Griffin of Shelby County who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy […]

Originally posted in KOLO TV Reno by AP CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) – Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed a bill allowing terminally ill patients in Nevada to try experimental drugs. The governor approved AB164 on Wednesday, after the bill unanimously passed the Senate and Assembly. The measure allows terminally ill patients with less than a year […]