Sen. Ron Johnson threatens to obstruct passage of the bill funding the FDA if “ right-to-try ” language isn ’ t added

"Right-to-try" laws claim to help terminally patients by allowing them access to experimental drugs before they are approved, when, in fact, their purpose is to undermine and weaken the FDA and such laws strip legal and regulatory protections from patients using such drugs. Now advocates are making a new push to pass right-to-try by embedding it in the very law that funds the FDA. They might succeed if they encounter no opposition from constituents.

Source: Respectful Insolence - July 17, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Politics Goldwater Institute PDUFA Prescription Drug User Fee Act right to try Ron Johnson Trickett Wendler Right to Try Act of 2017 Source Type: blogs