US FDA Divided On Expanded Access Requests For Off-Label Use Of Approved Drugs
Executive Summary
Agency’s clinical experts favor granting access under regulations intended for investigational drugs but ‘lawyers want consistency under the law,’ FDA’s Woodcock says; use of the expanded access pathway for approved agents is generally unnecessary but may provide sponsors with some regulatory cover, external experts say.
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