Originally published in the Salem Register-Guard by Jonathan Cooper SALEM — The House voted Tuesday to make Oregon the latest state seeking to give dying patients a chance to try experimental medical treatments that haven’t been approved by government regulators. The bill passed the House without opposition, sending it to the Senate, though it’s not clear […]
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Originally published in FOX 13 Salt Lake City by Robert Boyd SALT LAKE CITY — A new Utah law signed by Gov. Gary Herbert Wednesday could extend or even save the lives of terminally ill patients, and the new “Right to Try” legislation lets patients seek treatments that haven’t been fully approved by the federal […]
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Originally published in the Washington Post by Amy Ellis Nutt and Brady Dennis For people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which attacks the body’s motor neurons and renders a person unable to move, swallow or breathe, the search for an effective treatment has been a crushing disappointment. The only drug available for the disease, approved two […]
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Originally published in the Indianapolis Star by Gregg Doyel At the end, Georgia wouldn’t look at her children. For weeks they’d been rolling her wheelchair to the living room window in French Lick, where she could look into the yard and see what they were doing out there, but at the end they left her […]
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Originally published in the Virginia Daily Press by Prue Salasky On Thursday, March 26, 2015, Gov.Terry McAuliffe signed HB 1750— the Virginia Right To Try Act — into law. The Goldwater Institute, an advocate for “Right to Try,” issued this statement: “The Virginia House and Senate passed the bill in February with unanimous bipartisan support. […]
Read More ›Jordan is the face of Indiana’s “right to try” bill, which gives the terminally ill access to experimental drugs that are not FDA approved. He was front and center on Tuesday at This list shows you exactly what to look for and take into the state capitol, even delivering the pen to Indiana Gov. Mike […]
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Originally written by Ed Morrissey in Hot Air The US has a tough process for drugmakers to follow in order to bring therapeutic treatments to market, and a lengthy one as well. It can take as long as 15 years before the FDA will approve a medication for use, a process that creates anger and […]
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Originally written by Lloyd Dunkelberger in HT Politics TALLAHASSEE — Rep. Ray Pilon says Floridians who are dying from cancer and other fatal illnesses should not have to travel to foreign countries and acquire questionable drugs in a bid to sustain their lives. Pilon, a Sarasota Republican, wants the Legislature to pass his “Right to Try […]
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Like most moms, Laura McLinn had a vision of her son’s future. Jordan is 5 years old and dreams of becoming a firefighter. “I just said, ‘Hey I’m going to make him a resume. I’m going to get him a job,’” McLinn said. Laura sent his resume to local fire departments and posted it to […]
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Originally published in the Wall Street Journal by Editorial Staff It should not go unnoticed that last week the Food and Drug Administration announced it would “simplify and accelerate” the application process for “unapproved investigational drugs” that have passed Phase I safety trials. We are back on the most contentious ground of FDA drug approval, […]
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