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It’s a business risk.” Alison Bateman-House, ethicist somebody gets compassionate use and then something bad happens to them, investors run away. And it wasn’t long before people with terminal illnesses started asking for access to unapproved, experimental drugs. But the way you weigh risks and benefits can change when you receive a devastating diagnosis. It makes sense to set a high bar of evidence for new medicines. “That really closed the door on patients’ being able to access drugs on a speculative basis,” says Christopher Robertson, a specialist in health law at Boston University. Starting in the 1960s and ’70s, drug manufacturers had to prove to the agency that their products actually worked, and that the benefits of taking them would outweigh any risks.

In the US, most experimental treatments are accessed through the FDA. And if companies struggle to get funding following a bad outcome, it could delay progress in an entire research field-perhaps slowing future drug approvals. It could also end up making no difference, or even doing harm.

Trying an experimental drug could cure a person’s disease. There’s a difficult balance to be reached between protecting people from the unknown effects of a new treatment and enabling access to something potentially life-saving. “Some people would rather do something than sit around and wait for it to take their lives.” Expanding access That’s the case for some people with Duchenne, says Hawken Miller, a 26-year-old with the condition. Debates have raged over whether he was the right candidate for the surgery, since he ultimately died.įor many, especially those with severe diseases, trying an experimental treatment may be better than nothing. Also last year, a genetically modified pig’s heart was transplanted into a man with severe heart disease. Just last year, a woman received a CRISPR treatment designed to lower her levels of cholesterol-a therapy that directly edited her genetic code.

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