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FDA Should Enforce 'Right-To-Try' Law As Drafted, Says Author Sen. Johnson
Sen. Ron Johnson, the author of the federal “right-to-try” law signed by President Trump this week, wants to make one thing clear: His new law is meant to weaken the Food and Drug Administration. “This law intends to diminish the FDA’s power over people’s lives, not increase it,” he wrote in a letter to Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Thursday. (Mershon, 5/31)
The Republican author of the new “right to try” law is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to enforce it as written. In a letter sent Thursday to the FDA, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said the right to try law “intends to diminish the FDA’s power over people’s lives, not increase it.” (Weixel, 5/31)