From: Expanded Access Programme: looking for a common definition
✓ The licensed form of a drug has been discontinued can be prescribed on a named patient basis as it does not have a license |
✓ The product is awaiting a license but is licensed elsewhere in the world |
✓ There is a local shortage or supply chain problems for an essential medication |
✓ Patients who have taken part in a clinical trial which has now ceased can still be prescribed the ‘trial’ medication on a named patient basis if it has been achieving good results |
✓ There is a clinical need for an agent which is still in clinical trials and the patient is not eligible for the trial, but it is felt they may benefit from the drug |
Specials prepared in a hospital pharmacy for individual patients, because these items do not exist in a ready-made form |