By Alex Janin – The Wall Street Journal –
‘Right to Try’ laws aim to boost access to unapproved therapies, but hurdles and safety concerns linger
Montana is well known for luring visitors with outdoor activities such as fly fishing and hiking. Now, longevity companies are exploring investments in the state in a moonshot bid to make it a medical tourism hub.
State legislators have backed measures designed to ease patients’ access to therapies not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The measures, known as “Right to Try” laws, exist in more than 40 states.
But Montana has pushed even further by adopting rules to make it easier for businesses to provide experimental drugs, therapies or devices and profit from selling them.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to increase access to alternative medicine and recently shared publicly that he traveled to Antigua to receive a non-FDA-approved stem-cell therapy for his voice condition, known as spasmodic dysphonia.
