Sigh. This is why #RightToTry passed. It's so easy to demagogue and lead people like Mike into reacting like this to criticism and opposition to RTT. https://twitter.com/golfhacker72/status/1001941664540381186 …
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Pretty much all academic docs like myself are all for access to promising experimental therapeutics. Done poorly (as in
#RightToTry) the balance of risk versus benefit tilts toward risk. only 10-15% of drugs eligible for RTT ever get approved. >85% of RTT has no chance of benefit -
The point is, the vast majority of experimental drugs will be unlikely to help such patients, but they will be likely to cause harm. That's why we do clinical trials before approving drugs.
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