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Is there a “Right to Try” Experimental Drugs?

Research Ethics Blog

From The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL). Patient freedom, ethics at the heart of ‘Right to Try’ push in Illinois. Some doctors worry that an effort to grant terminally ill people more access to unproven drugs might offer them false hope or even be harmful, but advocates for a “right to try” say patients should have more opportunities for treatments that could extend their lives.

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