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Key Republican lawmaker releases new ‘right-to-try’ legislation

A new bill would give the FDA more oversight of right to try cases.
Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), who filed new "right-to-try" legislation Friday night, shown here as he heads to the House Ways and Means Committee room on Capitol Hill.

WASHINGTON — A key Republican lawmaker released a new version of so-called “right to try” legislation around midnight Friday, a pivotal next step in the effort to help dying patients get access to experimental therapies.

, from House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.), is more limited than an earlier measure championed by Sen.

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