(1) The process of approval for investigational drugs, biological products, and devices in the United States often takes many years;
(2) Patients who have a terminal disease do not have the luxury of waiting until an investigational drug, biological product, or device receives final approval;
(3) The standards of the United States Food and Drug Administration for the use of investigational drugs, biological products, and devices may deny the benefits of potentially life-saving treatments to terminally ill patients;
(4) The State of Arkansas recognizes that patients who have a terminal disease have a fundamental right to attempt to pursue the preservation of their own lives by accessing available investigational drugs, biological products, and devices; and
(5) The use of available investigational drugs, biological products , or devices is a decision that should be made by the patient with a terminal disease in consultation with his or her physician.
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