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S 204 - Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017 - National Key Vote

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Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (250-169) - (Key vote)
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Title: Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes terminally ill patients to use non FDA approved drugs after exhausting all other approved treatment options.

Highlights:
  • Authorizes patients with a diagnosed terminal illness be prescribed eligible investigational drugs for treatment options (Sec. 2).

  • Defines “eligible investigational drugs” as a drug that has completed phase 1 clinical trials but has not been approved or licensed under the Public Health Service Act (Sec. 2).

  • Requires that a physician immediately report to the drug manufacturer any serious adverse events associated with the use of the eligible investigational drug on a patient (Sec. 2).


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Title: Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017


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