Mike DeBartoli is dying, but he isn’t out of options.
That is thanks in part to a new California law that helps terminally ill patients access experimental drugs that could extend or save their lives.
It is real life-and-death stories such as DeBartoli’s — a former firefighter with Lou Gehrig’s disease — that have emboldened legislatures in 36 states to pass so-called right-to-try bills. The new laws allow patients to go directly to a drug developer to ask for potentially life-saving,…
Mike DeBartoli is dying, but he isn’t out of options.
That is thanks in part to a new California law that helps terminally ill patients access experimental drugs that could extend or save their lives.
It is real life-and-death stories such as DeBartoli’s — a former firefighter with Lou Gehrig’s disease — that have emboldened legislatures in 36 states to pass so-called right-to-try bills. The new laws allow patients to go directly to a drug developer to ask for potentially life-saving,…
