Goldwater Institute President Darcy Olsen discusses her book, “The Right to Try: How the Federal Government Prevents Americans from Getting the Lifesaving Treatments They Need,” which looks at the FDA drug approval process and legislation aimed at expanding access to experimental treatments for terminally ill patients. She is interviewed by Kimberly Leonard, Health Care Reporter for […]
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Written by Darcy Olsen for Time Imagine the joy of watching your dying son experience a miraculous recovery from an incurable disease thanks to an experimental medicine. Then imagine the horror of watching your other son slowly die from the same disease—because the federal government prevented him from receiving the same life-saving treatment that saved […]
Read More ›Originally published by Wesley J. Smith for the National Review Jerry Brown Vetoes Right to Try and Live Bill | National Review Online Besides that, natural remedies like acupuncture are also an option <img height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=”” style=”display:none” src=”https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1626507807583041&amp;ev=PixelInitialized” /> This makes zero sense. Last week, Jerry Brown signed assisted suicide into law in California. This […]
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Originally written by Jeff Stone and Ian Calderon for Fox & Hounds David Huntley was the picture of health. A San Diego State University professor and a triathlete, he never expected to face a disease that would stop him in his tracks in his 60s. But that’s what ALS does. It comes on fast and […]
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Originally written by Alex Manning for reason.com David Huntley was an Iron Man triathlete, a professor emeritus at San Diego State University, a father, and a husband. In 2013, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. It’s a death sentence given current science, but there are ways […]
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Originally written by Patrick McGreevy for the LA Times The state Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow makers of experimental drugs to make them available to Californians with life-threatening diseases. When a buy tadalafil cialis person is sexually excited, the arteries in his penis relax and widen. It would not be wrong […]
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Originally written by Benn Swann for Before It’s News Oregon Democratic Governor Kate Brown signed the Oregon Right To Try Act into law last week, thus allowing doctors to prescribe experimental medications and treatments to terminally ill patients. Under the new law, dying patients no longer have to lobby for an exemption from the Food and Drug […]
Read More ›Springfield, IL- Governor Bruce Rauner today signed House Bill 1335, a bill sponsored by state Sen. Michael Connelly, R-Wheaton, that assists terminally ill people by allowing them access to experimental drugs. Known as the “Right to Try” Act, HB 1335 would give terminally-ill patients access to clinical-trial, experimental medical treatments and medications. “Right to Try” […]
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Originally written by Emilee Fannon for Illinois Homepage ILLINOIS Update: 10:20 pm Patients can get the chance to try drugs which have not passed federal testing. “What they’ve done is brought it to the forefront for everyone to understand that that is available to the general population.” Available, but how affordable? The new Right to Try […]
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Video by Wall Street Journal Goldwater Institute Special Counsel Director Kurt Altman on laws that The tasty jelly that you used to go through with the older joints will no longer give terminally ill patients access to experimental drugs.
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