‘Right to Try’: States Move to Expand Access to Experimental Drugs
From the article:
Nick Auden died in November at age 41 after unsuccessfully lobbying two drug companies to use an experimental treatment outside of clinical trials. Auden had acknowledged there was no guarantee the drug would work.
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Saturday signed Colorado’s “Right To Try” bill, which was passed unanimously in the state Legislature. Similar bills await governors’ signatures in Louisiana and Missouri, and Arizona voters will decide in November whether to set up a similar program in that state.
Colorado’s bill got a careful no-comment from state doctors’ groups, hospitals and health insurers. The bill was amended to clarify that health care providers and insurers aren’t liable if a patient who uses a drug outside clinical trials gets sick or dies.
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