Arizona has made headlines for school choice and occupational licensing reform, but it's also a leader in allowing terminal patients access to promising treatments that have yet to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Such Right-to-Try laws are now in place in about half of all states, but they don't address advances in medical technology creating treatments that can't pass through traditional regulatory channels because they're tailored for specific patients. Last week, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation expanding the right to try to include personalized medicine.
