Despite some small scale programmes for compassionate use of new life - saving drugs such as bedaquiline and delamanid, there is no widespread access in India meaning these drugs remain unavailable to patients who need them most. (sciencedaily.com)
Still, an exception was once made for compassionate use of an Ebola therapy. (science.sciencemag.org)
As the outbreak in West Africa worsened, debates intensified among scientists, government officials, and company executives about bringing some of these unapproved products to Africa on a so - called compassionate use basis — after all, «something is better than nothing,» Ollman Saphire says. (science.sciencemag.org)