Republican Senators: FDA Must Expand Scope Of Drug Parallel Track

Republican senators call on FDA to expand access to investigational drugs to treat Alzheimer’s, cancer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by widening the scope of a generations-old Parallel Track program that currently grants only patients with AIDS and other HIV-related diseases access to certain drugs shown to be safe but which haven’t completed FDA efficacy trials. The lawmakers, some of whom also co-sponsored right-to-try legislation, said the move would increase patient access to life-saving drugs and therapies and lower costs...