Panel moves 'right to try' bill forward
Taylor Nadauld Contributing Writer | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 9 months AGO
BOISE — A bill that would allow patients with a terminal diagnosis to try investigation drugs has been sent to the House floor for approval.
On Tuesday, the House Health and Welfare Committee passed a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to voluntarily try investigation drugs tested by the Federal Drug Administration.
House Bill 481 — sponsored by Rep. Melissa Wintrow, D-Boise — is more commonly known as the Right to Try Act, and resembles similar bills in other states across the country which allow patients to take further measures to save their own lives through investigative medications.
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Panel moves 'right to try' bill forward
BOISE — A bill that would allow patients with a terminal diagnosis to try investigation drugs has been sent to the House floor for approval.