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Senate committee passes 'Hope for Georgia Patients Act' to expand access to individualized experimental treatments
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The Senate Health Care Services Committee passed SB 72, the 'Hope for Georgia Patients Act,' unanimously after testimony from patient advocates, think-tank policy experts and family members who said the bill would create a physician-directed pathway for patients with rare or life-threatening diseases to access individualized investigational
The Senate Health Care Services Committee unanimously passed SB 72, the Hope for Georgia Patients Act, a bill that creates a physician-directed pathway for Georgia patients with rare or life-threatening conditions to pursue individualized investigational treatments not yet broadly available in the United States.
Naomi Lopez, senior fellow for health-care policy at the Goldwater Institute, told the committee the proposal updates Georgia’s earlier Right to Try framework to accommodate recent advances such as individualized gene therapies. ‘‘Georgia has an important opportunity to help lead the nation,’’ Lopez said, arguing that federal approval…
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