The term “Managed Access Programs” (“MAPs”) covers various types of programs, in particular, “Compassionate Use,” “Expanded Access,” “Named Patient Supply,” “Named Patient Program,” “Special Access Schemes/Programs,” “Autorisations temporaires d’utilisation (ATU)” and others.
“Named-patient basis” is another way of obtaining medicine before authorization, where a doctor requests a supply of an unauthorized medicine directly from the manufacturer to treat an individual patient under the doctor’s direct responsibility.
The NPP approval process is initiated by a patient’s physician, who can request access to an investigational drug for a patient with a serious or life-threatening condition and has exhausted all other therapy options. The physician must submit a request to the CDSCO, along with other essential documents, including: