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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb. 26, 2021) – Yesterday, the Rhode Island House unanimously passed a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to bypass some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that deny access to experimental treatments.
Rep. Joseph McNamara (D-Warwick) introduced House Bill 5077 (H5077) on Jan. 22. Titled the “Neil Fachon Terminally Ill Patients’ Right To Try Act of 2021,” the legislation would create a state process to give terminally ill patients access to medicines not yet given final approval for use by the FDA.
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act prohibits general access to experimental drugs. However, under the expanded access provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 360bbb, patients with serious or immediately life-threatening diseases may access experimental drugs after receiving express FDA approval. H5077 creates a process to bypass the FDA expanded access program and allows patients to obtain experimental drugs from m
Rhode Island House Committee Passes Right to Try Act to Reject Some FDA Restrictions on Terminal Patients
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb. 17, 2021) – Last week, a Rhode Island House committee passed a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to bypass some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that deny access to experimental treatments.
Rep. Joseph McNamara (D-Warwick) introduced House Bill 5077 (H5077) on Jan. 22. Titled the “Neil Fachon Terminally Ill Patients’ Right To Try Act of 2021,” the legislation would create a state process to give terminally ill patients access to medicines not yet given final approval for use by the FDA.
On Feb. 9, the House Health & Human Services Committee recommended H5077 for passage.