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Trump asks lawmakers to support “right to try”


01/31/2018


The legislation is aimed at providing access to experimental medicines to terminally ill patent as well as immunity to physicians administering them.



In his state of Union address to the U.S. Congress, U.S. President Donald Trump   asked lawmakers to support the “right to try” legislation aimed at trying experimental therapies not approved by federal authorities, on terminally ill patients.
 
“It is time for the Congress to give these wonderful Americans the ‘right to try,'” said Trump.
 
Legislation along these lines was approved by the U.S. Senate in August 2017 by a vote of 94-1.
 
The legislation is aimed at giving unapproved medicines to terminally ill patients as well as provide immunity for physicians willing to administer such treatments.
 
Trump has expressed support for such measure earlier as well.
 
References:
reuters.com :.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} In his state of Union address to the U.S. Congress, U.S. President Donald Trump   asked lawmakers to support the “right to try” legislation aimed at trying experimental therapies not approved by federal authorities, on terminally ill patients.
 
“It is time for the Congress to give these wonderful Americans the ‘right to try,'” said Trump.
 
Legislation along these lines was approved by the U.S. Senate in August 2017 by a vote of 94-1.
 
The legislation is aimed at giving unapproved medicines to terminally ill patients as well as provide immunity for physicians willing to administer such treatments.
 
Trump has expressed support for such measure earlier as well.
 
References:
reuters.com :.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} In his state of Union address to the U.S. Congress, U.S. President Donald Trump   asked lawmakers to support the “right to try” legislation aimed at trying experimental therapies not approved by federal authorities, on terminally ill patients.
 
“It is time for the Congress to give these wonderful Americans the ‘right to try,'” said Trump.
 
Legislation along these lines was approved by the U.S. Senate in August 2017 by a vote of 94-1.
 
The legislation is aimed at giving unapproved medicines to terminally ill patients as well as provide immunity for physicians willing to administer such treatments.
 
Trump has expressed support for such measure earlier as well.
 
References:
reuters.com :.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} In his state of Union address to the U.S. Congress, U.S. President Donald Trump   asked lawmakers to support the “right to try” legislation aimed at trying experimental therapies not approved by federal authorities, on terminally ill patients.
 
“It is time for the Congress to give these wonderful Americans the ‘right to try,'” said Trump.
 
Legislation along these lines was approved by the U.S. Senate in August 2017 by a vote of 94-1.
 
The legislation is aimed at giving unapproved medicines to terminally ill patients as well as provide immunity for physicians willing to administer such treatments.
 
Trump has expressed support for such measure earlier as well.
 
References:
reuters.com