In a bill being proposed by Senators Brownback (R-KS) and Inhofe (R-OK), drugs being developed for serious life threatening diseases can be marketed based upon non-human, Phase I trial results.  This disturbing idea is a law which sounds good but has many really disturbing flaws.

While the idea is to rush a possible life saving drug to people with little hope of survival is noble, it also puts these same people at a higher risk of death, increased suffering, or false hope. Phase I trials are only used to test for a tolerable dose, not efficacy or toxicity. The risk is that there will be an increase in extremely expensive drugs that may have little or no efficacy at all. 

Bad science makes for bad medicine, which is a no win situation for everyone concerned.