McLinn has a deadly form of muscular dystrophy. He and his mom have been vocal proponents of the Right to Try Act, and finally got the law passed this week.
The bill enables people battling life-threatening illnesses who have exhausted all other treatment options to try experimental drugs without getting approval from the FDA — a long, bureaucratic process that wastes precious time that terminally-ill patients don’t have. The FDA drug approval process can take up to 15 years.
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In signing the Right to Try Act, President Trump made good on yet another promise. “As I proudly sign this bill, thousands of terminally ill Americans will have the help, the hope, and the fighting chance that they will be cured, that they will be helped, that they will be able to be with their families for a longer time,” he said.
Trump first discussed the measure during his State of the Union address in January 2018, which earned raves from Republicans, Independents, and even many Dems.
“Patients with terminal conditions should have access to experimental treatments that could potentially save their lives,” Trump said. “It is time for the Congress to give these wonderful Americans the ‘right to try.’”
Thanks to the bill’s passage, Jordan McLinn will be able to receive weekly infusions in Chicago, where he has been accepted into a...Read More HERE
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