Tell HN: An inside view of Montana's new biotech law
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/item?id=48559525 ). The mods suggested this post. I contributed ideas to the law and am now implementing it through my company. I invested in biotech for years and watched companies struggle. I built the biotech ecosystem in Prospera as an alternative, concluded it was too early, and now think Montana is the best place to prove this. Why this exists: When FDA approves a bad drug, heads roll. When it delays a good one,
Why it failed
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
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- niklas_anzinger
- Ended
- 2026
- Source
- hackernews