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Committee approves bill to allow physician‑administered autologous stem‑cell therapies with registry
Summary
Senate File 48, described as the 'STEM Self Freedom Act,' would permit physicians to provide autologous (patient's own) stem‑cell treatments not approved by the FDA if certain IRB, good‑manufacturing and informed‑consent standards are met; the committee added a physician registry administered by the Board of Medicine and approved the bill.
The Select Water Committee advanced Senate File 48, a proposal to permit physician‑supervised autologous stem‑cell therapy not yet approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under a framework modeled on the state's Right‑to‑Try law.
Senator Barlow, the bill sponsor, said the measure is narrowly drawn to allow only autologous treatments ("your cells for your use") provided by physicians with oversight, an institutional review board or investigational‑drug pathway where appropriate, and good‑manufacturing‑practice…
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