Expanded Access Programs Eyed For Data-Gathering Purposes
Executive Summary
Protocol-driven approach could generate reliable data about investigational drug's efficacy and safety in patients who do not qualify for clinical trials, PhRMA's Moscicki says; Johns Hopkins' Sharfstein cautions this could turn expanded access programs into burdensome studies that take away from primary purpose of providing access to investigational therapies.
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