Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs
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The Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, incorporated in Virginia
in 2001. According to its website, its main mission is "to help cancer patients and others with life threatening illnesses."
Recently, the Alliance has been involved in a legal case, Abigail Alliance v. von Eschenbach
, in which it is represented by the Washington Legal Foundation
. Their argument in the case is that terminal cancer patients have a right to access experimental medications before they receive FDA approval. On August 7, 2007, in an 8-2 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed an earlier ruling in favor of the Alliance.
In 2008, the Supreme Court of the United States
declined to hear their appeal This decision left standing the appellate court decision that terminally ill patients have no legal right to demand "a potentially toxic drug with no proven therapeutic benefit."
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
in 2001. According to its website, its main mission is "to help cancer patients and others with life threatening illnesses."
Recently, the Alliance has been involved in a legal case, Abigail Alliance v. von Eschenbach
Abigail Alliance v. von Eschenbach
Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. von Eschenbach was resolved in early 2008 when the Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear the appeal...
, in which it is represented by the Washington Legal Foundation
Washington Legal Foundation
The Washington Legal Foundation is a non-profit legal organization based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1977, the Foundation's stated goal is "to defend and promote the principles of freedom and justice." The organization promotes pro-business and free-market positions and is widely perceived as...
. Their argument in the case is that terminal cancer patients have a right to access experimental medications before they receive FDA approval. On August 7, 2007, in an 8-2 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed an earlier ruling in favor of the Alliance.
In 2008, the Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
declined to hear their appeal This decision left standing the appellate court decision that terminally ill patients have no legal right to demand "a potentially toxic drug with no proven therapeutic benefit."