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Tell HN: An inside view of Montana's new biotech law

What happened

Montana passed a law called SB535. It builds on right-to-try (pre-approval access with informed consent, Phase 1 safety data etc.) but goes much further, fixing problems with those laws. Alex Tabarrok called it "the most important regulatory innovation in drug approval in my lifetime" ( https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/06/mo... ). Was posted here but died in /new ( https://news.ycombinator.com/…

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