Washington Senate Passes Right to Try Act; Rejects Some FDA Restrictions on Terminal Patients
OLYMPIA, Washington (March 2, 2017) – Yesterday, the Washington state Senate unanimously passed a bill that would set the foundation to nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that deny access to experimental treatments by terminally ill patients. A bipartisan coalition of 13 senators sponsor Senate Bill 5035 (SB5035). The legislation would…