Making Expanded Access Programs Work For - Not Against - Your Trial Drug
Executive Summary
Providing an investigational drug outside of a controlled trial carries inherent development risks, but it can also be a win-win proposition for patients and sponsors when managed well, veterans of "expanded access" programs say
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