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Trump signs 'right to try' drug bill
President Trump signed a bill Wednesday allowing terminally ill patients access to experimental medical treatments not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dubbed "right to try," the law's passage was a major priority of Trump and Vice President Pence, as well as congressional Republicans.
"Thousands of terminally ill Americans will finally have hope, and the fighting chance, and I think it's going to better than a chance, that they will be cured, they will be helped, and be able to be with their families for a long time, or maybe just for a longer time," Trump said at a bill signing ceremony at the White House, surrounded by terminally ill patients and their families.
Trump thanked lawmakers sitting in the audience who sponsored the bill, including Sen. Joe Donnelly, a vulnerable Democrat up for reelection in Indiana.
Also at CNN.
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Also submitted by mrpg
(Score: 2) by arslan on Friday June 01 2018, @04:04AM
You must be new to the whole drug/experimental treatment industry. New researchers that push experimental treatments in first countries like the U.S. are numb nuts.
Everyone knows the best way is to go to a 3rd world country where the laws are laxed and/or the law enforcers are easily bribed, sell your drug/experiment like its a privilege and see the rote learning middle class folks pay exorbitant amounts to get their hands on them drugs/treatments. Marketing slogans like "Latest treatment from the U.S. used by celebrities" seems to always do the trick.