COMPASSIONATE USE PROGRAMMES OF MEDICINAL PRODUCTS

Compassionate use programs of medicinal products are intended to provide unauthorized medicines for humanitarian purposes without a fee for patients with a serious or urgent, life threatening disease and whom authorized, available medicinal products cannot treat satisfactorily, and who cannot enter a clinical trial. This review summarizes regulations on compassionate use programs of medicinal products in Turkey, European Union, and United States of America and investigates program practices in Turkey in detail