LogFAQs > #884168881

Regaro posted...

Peace___Frog posted...

I haven't heard about this in any media outlets, but the company I work for makes a healthcare - related news summary daily. On today's, it mentions the Senate passing a Right to Try bill, that would allow terminally ill patients near automatic access to experimental drugs that haven't yet been approved by the FDA. My first idea on this is that this is a good idea and is the humane thing to do. But I'm worried that it could be like Steam Early Access and there won't be enough incentives to go through with a finished product.

Thoughts?

Seems ok on the surface, but there needs to be real reason to believe the experimental drug will actually help, instead of letting people just try everything and hope something sticks. And probably protection for the drug maker too w.r.t things like side effects, honestly.

Especially with the bolded part, I feel like this is laying the groundwork for basically wringing the money out of desperate, terminally ill patients.
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