'Right-To-Try' Has US FDA Support: Scaled-Back House Bill Retains Agency Oversight

Commissioner Gottlieb’s recent remarks on pending federal 'Right-to-Try' legislation were his most positive to date; he pushed back on earlier versions that would have removed FDA from process. 

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US FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is signaling his general support for House legislation that would establish a federal “Right-to-Try” law, given that the bill would maintain FDA oversight of the expanded access process, including the requirement that patients receiving an investigational drug be protected under an IND.

“We are in favor of constructs that allow patients who have a terminal disease, who don't have access to any available therapy, to have access to experimental drugs under proper...

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