Republicans embrace the ‘Right to Try’ to get experimental medicines

(By Ed Silverman for STAT)

The “Right to Try” movement may be embedded in the Republican Party platform.

Amid the run up to the Republican National Convention that begins in Cleveland next week, the party has adopted an amendment in its draft platform that endorses a controversial stance toward obtaining treatments for fatal illnesses. Known as Right to Try, the concept is designed to allow desperately sick people to gain access to experimental medicines. Read article here…..

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