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“At first glance, a bill passed by the House of Representatives this week seems like the kind of thing anyone could get behind.
“Known as the “Right to Try” legislation, it would allow terminally ill patients access to experimental drugs without the approval of the Food and Drug Administration.
“But the bill and a similar one passed last summer by the Senate do little to address the main barrier that patients face in getting unapproved treatments: permission from the drug companies themselves.”
Go to full article published by The New York Times on Mar 23, 2018.
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