Journal of Translational Medicine (Jun 2020)

“Right-to-Try” experimental drugs: an overview

  • Vijay Mahant

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-020-02427-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Abstract The “Right-to-Try” experimental drugs act passed by Donald Trump in 2018 provides an opportunity of early access to experimental drugs for the treatment of life-threatening diseases and a potential boon to many young and under-capitalized biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies. The pros and cons of experimental drugs, including a number of “cutting edge” scientific, clinical, and a number of synergistic approaches such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, data refineries, electronic health records, data driven clinical decisions and risk mitigation are reviewed.

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