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May 02, 2006

Does a mentally competent, terminally ill adult have a substantive due process right to access potentially life-saving "post-Phase 1" investigational new drugs on a doctor's advice, notwithstanding any risks to the patient?

The answer is "yes," according to the D.C. Circuit in Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. Von Eschenbach.

Posted by on May 02, 2006 at 12:02 PM |

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