Exactly. I spent 14 years in the industry first on generics and then on contract work. This would invalidate any clinical trial they are attempting to execute under current FDA guidelines. It costs billions of dollars to bring a single drug to market (successful or not. Any positive or negative response to the prescribing could have devastating consequences for this small, start up. They would in fact have to spend millions more to prove/dis-prove the drug worked or if the child unfortunately didn’t make it that the drug did in fact not kill him or contribute to it. Not to mention the potential civil suit. I feel for this family but it not simply a matter of giving the child the drug.
According to Fox News’ Peter Johnson Jr., Chimerix has given hundreds of patients emergency access to Brincidofovir in the past, but Moch said the company has since stopped this practice because “they cannot afford it.”
Evidently they gave the drug away before in spite of the dire possibilities.
According to Fox News’ Peter Johnson Jr., Chimerix has given hundreds of patients emergency access to Brincidofovir in the past, but Moch said the company has since stopped this practice because “they cannot afford it.”