Senate passes a “right to try” bill; Harm to patients comes next

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Patients for whom there are no existing treatments watch with desperation as a potentially helpful new drug spends years working its way from a lab bench, through clinical trials, and finally to the FDA, where reviewers consider it for approval.

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Kelly McBride Folkers
Research associate, Division of Medical Ethics, NYU School of Medicine
Lisa Kearns
Senior research associate, Division of Medical Ethics, NYU School of Medicine
Alison Bateman-House
Assistant professor in the Division, co-chair of NYU's Working Group on Compassionate Use and Pre-Approval Access.
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Research associate, Division of Medical Ethics, NYU School of Medicine
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Senior research associate, Division of Medical Ethics, NYU School of Medicine
Alison Bateman-House
Assistant professor in the Division, co-chair of NYU's Working Group on Compassionate Use and Pre-Approval Access.

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