Compassionate use
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According to the Medical dictionary, compassionate use is defined as such:
"Term used in the US for a method of providing experimental therapeutics prior to final FDA approval for use in humans. This procedure is used with very sick individuals who have no other treatment options. Often, case-by-case approval must be obtained from the FDA for "compassionate use" of a drug or therapy." ([1])
In other words, compassionate use is the practice of giving unapproved drugs to very sick individuals.
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