SB 113-NEW DRUGS FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:33:42 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR STEDMAN announced the consideration of SB 113.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1:34:33 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR BILL WIELECHOWSKI, Alaska  State Legislature, as sponsor,                                                               
introduced SB 113.  He termed SB 113 the "Right  to Try" bill. It                                                               
would create  a legal  climate in  which terminally  ill patients                                                               
who have  exhausted all FDA-approved  treatment options  may work                                                               
with   their   doctors   and   drug   manufacturers   to   access                                                               
investigational treatments  that have passed  Phase I of  the FDA                                                               
approval  process but  are not  yet widely  available. A  similar                                                               
bill has  been passed in 25  states. It is estimated  that over a                                                               
million  Americans die  from  terminal  illness. Currently,  only                                                               
about  3  percent are  accepted  into  clinical trials  and  have                                                               
access to these drugs.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  STOLTZE  thanked  the  sponsor  for  answering  all  his                                                               
questions.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:36:07 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  ELLIS  moved  to report  SB  113,  labeled  29-LS0783\H,                                                               
from committee with individual  recommendations and attached zero                                                               
fiscal note. There being no objection, the motion carried.