Blog Posts

What the Data Say Making the Case for Early Access

This article reviews industry data that highlight the reality facing various stakeholders in Europe when it comes to access to new medicines, and why an early access program (EAP) is an important...

Expanded Access: What Patients and Caregivers Need to Know

Imagine that your loved one is diagnosed with a rare disease. The first thing you do is to go to the internet to understand what you can about this disease including how the disease is treated. You...

Expanded Access Policy: What is it and why is it important?

It’s important for pharma and biotech companies to think about how various stakeholders interact with publicly available information about the company’s medicines in development...

Making Sense of Early Access Nomenclature

I have been associated with expanded access or named patient programs for innovative medicines for nearly 25 years, both on the sponsor side and on the service provider side. These access programs...