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On Monday, several Koch-backed groups, including Freedom Partners and Americans for Prosperity, launched an ad campaign urging Congress to pass so-called “right-to-try” legislation, which aims to help terminally ill patients access experimental treatments that haven’t yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The Senate unanimously passed a right-to-try bill from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) last August, but it has since stalled in the House.
Of course the usual suspects want to make it difficult for people to make their own choices.
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At an October hearing, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb warned that Johnson’s bill, as written, would broaden access to experimental therapies so much that it might weaken FDA’s drug approval process.
this callous apparatchik wont give up an ounce of control so that others might make their own choices in order to achieve a cure or ease their suffering.
I'm pro-choice and pro-FDA and have no problem agreeing with this. I believe the FDA plays an important role in making medications safe and effective, but I also believe that a terminally ill patient should have the right to take whatever measures s/he believes might be helpful.
Good. I know a lot of people die waiting for things to be approved...even things long available in other countries. It's always been one of those unseen cost situations.
This could actually slow down the approval process. First, the manufacturer makes a very limited supply when in trials. The criterion for these trials is very specific. The current laws requires that the researchers use the results from compassionate use in determining efficacy. These people might not be ideal for the medication. Thus the researchers will need more study participants and will slow down approval.
Our understanding of new medication is limited. It is generally agreed, we don't have a full understanding of the medication until 2 years after approval. It takes that long to determine very rare side effects.
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