The changing landscape of expanded access to investigational drugs for patients with unmet medical needs: ethical implications

When patients are told that standard medical treatment options have been exhausted, their treating physicians may start looking for promising new drugs that are not yet approved, and still under investigation. Some patients can be included in clinical trials, but others cannot. It is not widely know...

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Main Authors: Eline M. Bunnik, Nikkie Aarts, Suzanne van de Vathorst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-017-0100-3