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Tag: Right to Try

Legislative Testimony: “Right to Try” Bill would Nullify in Practice Some FDA Restrictions on Terminal Patients

March 2, 2016

Following is testimony I offered before the Alaska Senate Health and Social Services Committee in support of "Right to Try" legislation. SB113 would bypass the FDA expanded access program and allow terminally ill patients to obtain experimental drugs from manufacturers without first obtaining FDA approval. This procedure directly conflicts with the federal expanded access program..

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Thoughts from Maharrey Head #32: Your Right to Try; Nullifying FDA Rules

February 12, 2016

"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk to Robert Scott Bell about Right to Try legislation nullifying some FDA rules. In the last couple of years, 24 states have passed "Right to Try Legislation" that sets the foundation to nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration..