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Little to lose and no other options: Ethical issues in efforts to facilitate expanded access to investigational drugs

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  • Bunnik, Eline M.
  • Aarts, Nikkie
  • van de Vathorst, Suzanne

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Today, public and private bodies around the world are trying to facilitate and increase expanded access to unapproved, investigational drugs for patients with unmet medical needs.

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  • Bunnik, Eline M. & Aarts, Nikkie & van de Vathorst, Suzanne, 2018. "Little to lose and no other options: Ethical issues in efforts to facilitate expanded access to investigational drugs," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(9), pages 977-983.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:122:y:2018:i:9:p:977-983
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.06.005
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    1. DiMasi, Joseph A. & Hansen, Ronald W. & Grabowski, Henry G., 2003. "The price of innovation: new estimates of drug development costs," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 151-185, March.
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    1. Stefan F. Vermeulen & Marjolijn Hordijk & Nikkie Aarts & Eline M. Bunnik, 2021. "Factors of feasibility: an interview study of physicians’ experiences of expanded access to investigational drugs in three countries," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 8(1), pages 1-10, December.

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