Senate effort to increase access to experimental drugs is blocked

(By Ed Silverman for STAT)

An effort to get the US Senate to pass a so-called Right to Try bill failed Wednesday when Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid blocked the effort, because a hearing was never held to review the legislation and only two of the 42 sponsors was a Democrat. Continue reading article here…..

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