Right to Try Laws. Should patients have the right to try therapies which are still in the clinical trial stage?



Healthcare professionals

Healthcare professionals

Last saturday in Colorado in America Governor John Hickenlooper signed the first “right to try” legislation into law.

Put simply this makes it legal for terminally ill patients to access products and therapies which are still in the clinical trial stage.

Obviously this has caused lots of discussion in the USA but it remains a very interesting idea. Indeed one article I readed likened it to the film the Dallas Buyers Club. One which clearly has some merit. You can read more about right to try laws in a recent article in the UK’s Daily Telegraph here.

So what do you think?

We thought it would be interesting to run a poll for our readers on the subject.

It would be great if you could share you opinions by voting. If you wish please feel free to use the comments section below to expand on your ideas!