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This Article is From Dec 17, 2018

Dying, Desperate Patients Get the Right to Try Unproven Cures

(Bloomberg) --


Should a patient dying of a disease with no proven cure have the right to try whatever experimental drug they want? A controversial new law signed by President Trump this year says that they should, bypassing the FDA. In episode seven, Bloomberg's Michelle Fay Cortez explores what the new Right To Try law means for desperate patients who want access to experimental treatments. It isn't as simple as it sounds.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Liz Smith at lsmith289@bloomberg.net, Francesca Levy

©2018 Bloomberg L.P.

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