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Right To Try Legislation For Terminally Ill Patients

Right To Try Legislation For Terminally Ill Patients

President Trump has signed the “right to try” legislation allowing critically ill patients the right to bypass the FDA regulations for access to experimental medicine, this provides hope to many who may not have otherwise had. The FDA already has an expanded access program for compassionate use for certain seriously ill patients to apply to …

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New Texas Stem Cell Law May Open The Door

Stem Cells May Be Universally Transplanted

Texas is loosening stem cell treatment regulations, while the FDA and health authorities in other countries are moving in the opposite direction. This may open the door for a Houston based purveyor that has been treating patients abroad with mesenchymal stem cells for years to return. On the east side of Cancun, Mexico the small …

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