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Drug Repurposing Hypothesis Generation Using the "RE:fine Drugs" System
Published on: December 11, 2016
[Drugs under temporary use authorisation: 50 years of French drug development]
Quiterie de Launet1, Agnès Brouard, Christian Doreau
1Département gestion, information, évaluation et achats pharmaceutiques, Pharmacie centrale Hôpitaux de Paris (PC-HP), Agence générale des équipements et produits de santé, 7 rue du Fer-à-Moulin, 75005 Paris.
Abstract:
Drug under temporary use authorisation (authorisation temporaire d' utilisation - ATU) was created in 1994 in France. Before this date, various procedures controlled patients' use of imported drug and drug in process. The AIDS pandemy development in 80's and the need to control news drugs patients' use contributed to the ATU statement setting up. This regulatory statement allows companies to sell drugs without market drug authorisation (autorisation de mise sur le marché - AMM), the letter being done in adequation with good pharmaceutical quality and a satisfactory level of benefices/ risks ratio. It's a recent French drug evaluation evolution.
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