That's why "right to try" in the SOTU. POTUS is giving them an "out"… a way to get the cures out without having to have full disclosure, in a way that doesn't cause mass riots.
"We had the cure to cancer since 19xx but have kept it quiet b/c ____"
vs
"We had something that was promising but couldn't release it to general consumption before going through proper chanels etc. but b/c of new policy can allow people to use it now."