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UK’s Early Access To Medicines Scheme To Get New Legal Basis

 
• By Vibha Sharma

Legal clarity around the core principles of the UK’s early patient access scheme is expected to benefit the pharma industry, patients and healthcare professionals.

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EAMS Can Bring Ground-Breaking Treatments To UK Patients More Quickly • Source: Alamy

The UK will soon be taking steps to provide a legislative basis for its ongoing Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS), which allows patients with life-threatening or seriously debilitating conditions to gain faster access to promising medicines before their approval.

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