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Article: The U.S. Supreme Court last week turned away an appeal that sought to give terminally ill people greater access to experimental drugs that may save their lives.(Tracking Washington)(Brief article)
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- January 21, 2008
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Tracking Washington: The U.S. Supreme Court last week turned away an appeal that sought to give terminally ill people greater access to experimental drugs that may save their lives. The justices, without comment, rebuffed a patient-advocacy group that said the Food and Drug Administration is placing unconstitutional obstacles in the way of people who have exhausted their approved treatment options. "Huge numbers of Americans die each year after being denied access to developmental drugs that might have prolonged their lives - drugs that, in many instances, later received FDA marketing approval," argued the group, the Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental ...