House Staffers Concerned With State 'Right To Try' Laws, 10 More Expected

January 5, 2015 at 2:13 PM
House Energy and Commerce Committee staffers are concerned that "Right to Try" laws enacted by five states and under consideration by others will dilute the pool of people entering clinical trials, and say the committee's 21st Century Cures initiative may offer alternative ways to quicken patient access to new therapies without sidestepping the FDA approval process. But the Goldwater Institute, the driving force behind the Right To Try laws, flatly rejects those concerns and expects at least 10 more state...


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