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Compassionate Use

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The use of an unauthorised medicine outside a clinical study in individual patients under strictly controlled conditions. This helps to make medicines that are still under development available to patients.

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Substantial Amendment (SA)

A substantial amendment (SA) is a change to the conduct of the clinical trial that…

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Reference safety information

In periodic benefit-risk evaluation reports for medicinal products, all relevant safety information contained in the…

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