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Eliminated all traces of blood cancers in 40% to 90% of patients who had no remaining options.

If the patients had no remaining options then fine, use these drugs. This has always been an option.

However once a drug is licensed it cannot be licensed in a special category called, "Hail Mary pass drug" or "Absolute last option".

Keep these drugs in the "experimental, unlicensed, limited distribution" category until they're safe enough for the general use that licensing would allow.

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