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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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Overdose

Administration of a quantity of a medicinal product given per administration or cumulatively which is…

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Off-label use

Situations where a medicinal product is intentionally used for a medical purpose not in accordance…

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