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Right-to-try bill clears House, heads to Senate

March 22, 2018 5:39 PM UTC

The House of Representatives passed a right-to-try bill late Wednesday that seeks to authorize using investigational treatments for terminally ill patients.

The House voted 267-149 to pass the bill, titled the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018 (H.R. 5247)...