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Author: Sean Kirkby

Johnson: Goal of ‘right to try’ bill is to diminish role of FDA

A key goal of legislation aimed at providing more ways for terminally ill patients to get access to experimental therapies is to diminish the role of the Food and Drug Administration, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said in a blunt letter last week to Commissioner Scott Gottlieb.

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Panelists dive into Pew suggestions on substance use disorder treatment

A hub-and-spoke model of delivering substance use disorder treatment, changing laws around how pregnant women with addiction are treated and a new bed tracker are among the policy changes state policymakers plan to pursue to combat the opioid epidemic, according to speakers at a Wisconsin Health News panel Tuesday.

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