Support the Federal Right to Try Bill!

Current law allows individual patients to apply for access to experimental treatments outside of a drug trial if they have a serious or life-threatening disease or condition; have no other treatment options left; and can persuade a qualified physician to deliver the treatment. Under these circumstances, the FDA may, at the agency’s discretion, grant “compassionate use” of the new medication. But the program is marred by a prohibitively cumbersome application and documentation process, and the agency refuses access rather arbitrarily. It can even revoke permission after it has been granted.

Many states have already passed so-called “Right-to-Try” laws, and many more states are considering similar legislation.

Write to your senators and urge them to support the federal Right-to-Try law, S.2912.