A Closer Look At New Federal 'Right To Try' Law

By Phoebe Mounts, Kathleen Sanzo and Jacqueline Berman (June 1, 2018, 12:17 PM EDT) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on May 22 passed the Senate's 2017 version of national "right to try" legislation, which was signed by the president on May 30. This law creates a federal framework for patients to access investigational new drug products outside of clinical trials and outside of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's already existing expanded access program. The law comes in the wake of a majority of states passing their own right-to-try laws, creating the potential for a conflict between state laws, the FDA's expanded access regulations and federal statutes....

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