The terminally ill rallied on the West Lawn of the Capitol on Thursday afternoon, along with their families, supporters and members of Congress, demanding the “Right to Try” drugs that have not yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
They pushed legislation in the House and Senate that says “the Federal Government shall not take any action to prohibit or restrict” the use of “an experimental drug, biological product, or device” that has been authorized by state law and has completed the first phase of a multi-level approval process. Thirty states have approved right to try legislation.
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