[canuck_conservative]

leave patients vulnerable to medicines that might not work or even be harmful

Yeah, isn't that the whole point? These patients are gravely ill already so they have nothing to lose, to be blunt, and there's always a chance that one of the experimental medicines WILL work, which would speed up the trial process.

[i_robot73]

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leave patients vulnerable to medicines that might not work or even be harmful
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Yeah, isn’t that the whole point? These patients are gravely ill already so they have nothing to lose, to be blunt, and there’s always a chance that one of the experimental medicines WILL work, which would speed up the trial process.
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Doesn’t seem to ‘save’ the patients from the myriad of APPROVED FDA drugs/procedures/etc. either that were found to be harmful/fatal (just opportunities for the sharks..I mean lawyers).