Handing out experimental drugs to desperate patients is not a good idea, says Apoorva Mandavilli.

At first glance it seems only kind and right to let people with serious illnesses take whatever medicines they want. Some have campaigned so hard for this that the US Food and Drug Administration agreed on 11 December to let patients buy experimental drugs direct from the manufacturer when there are no other options available.

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Handing out experimental drugs to desperate patients is not a good idea, says Apoorva Mandavilli.

At first glance it seems only kind and right to let people with serious illnesses take whatever medicines they want. Some have campaigned so hard for this that the US Food and Drug Administration agreed on 11 December to let patients buy experimental drugs direct from the manufacturer when there are no other options available.

Read the story here.