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IMPORTANT: ‘right to try’ is becoming the law of the land

https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/23/right-to-try/

Their new state laws, built on model legislation from the Goldwater Institute, seek to remove the FDA from the equation, allowing doctors, patients, and drug makers to strike their own deals for drugs that have cleared the safety phase of FDA testing.

Last year, in a move that was seen by some as a response to right-to-try laws, the FDA overhauled its compassionate use program to ease the application burden, but by that time the right-to-try movement had gained significant momentum.

California, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Maine, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and West Virginia passed versions of the law in 2016. Of the 17 states that have not passed right-to-try laws, the biggest are New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington, and Pennsylvania.

“We feel like we’re at the tipping point,” said Starlee Coleman, a spokeswoman for the Goldwater Institute.

In Maryland, state senators were showing bipartisan support for a right-to-try bill earlier this month, according to the state Senator Bryan Simonaire, who authored the legislation.