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8 Things to Know About the "Right to Try" Law

The Right to Try Bill or Act became law on May 30, 2018. It provides a way for people with life-threatening conditions to access investigational treatments. This includes drugs and biologics in clinical trials before they have received FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval. The law gives terminally ill people the chance to try treatments that could save their lives. As with anything, there are benefits and drawbacks. It’s important to discuss Right to Try pros and cons with your doctor before making treatment decisions. Here are key points to know about the Right to Try law.

1. You have to be eligible.

In order to use the Right to Try law, you have to…

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 8 Things to Know About the "Right to Try" Law

As with anything, there are benefits and drawbacks. It’s important to discuss Right to Try pros and cons with your doctor before making treatment decisions. Here are key points to know about the Right to Try law.

25,450 Americans will die this year waiting for cancer drugs that could treat them

When you have a terminal illness and all else has failed, shouldn’t you be free to enrol in a medical trial of a promising new drug? This isn’t a distant hypothetical, but a serious predicament that faces thousands of Americans every year.

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Right to Try helps terminal patients get the potentially life-saving medicines they need before it's too late.

Right To Try Fact Sheet

The Right to Try bill creates a program that is not as good as the existing FDA “Expanded Access” program, which has approved 99% of requests they received.

Goldwater Institute

Although 41 states have passed Right to Try laws, the signing of S.204 makes Right to Try the law of the land, creating a uniform system for terminal patients seeking access to investigational treatments.

FDA

The Right to Try Act, or the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act, was signed into law May 30, 2018. This law is another way for patients who have been diagnosed with life-threatening diseases or conditions who have tried all approved treatment options and who are unable to participate in a clinical trial to access certain unapproved treatments.

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