Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Strengthening Right to Try Act

JACKSON, Miss. (April 13, 2016) – Today, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill into law expanding the state’s current “Right to Try” Act. Last year, the Mississippi legislature passed, and the governor signed,“Right to Try” legislation giving terminally ill patients access to medicines not yet given final approval for use by the FDA. Earlier…

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Mississippi House Passes Bill to Strengthen Right to Try Law

JACKSON, Miss. (Mar. 25, 2016) – A Mississippi bill that would that would expand the state’s current “Right to Try” Act passed the state House Thursday.  Last year, the Mississippi legislature passed, and the governor signed,“Right to Try” legislation giving terminally ill patients access to medicines not yet given final approval for use by the FDA.…

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Bill to Strengthen Mississippi Right to Try Law Passes Senate 49-2

JACKSON, Miss. (Feb. 27, 2016) – A Mississippi bill that would that would improve existing law nullifying in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that deny access to experimental treatments by terminally ill patients passed out of the state Senate Thursday. Last year, the Mississippi legislature passed, and the governor signed,“Right to Try”…

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