I.- Authorisation for compassionate access is granted by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé for the duration of treatment of the patient in question, up to a maximum of one year.
This authorisation includes:
1° The name and contact details of the prescriber and the contact details of the pharmacy for internal use in the health establishment or of the person responsible as referred to in Article L. 5126-10 ;
2° The initials of the surname and first name of the patient for whom the prescription is intended;
3° The name of the medicinal product or, where applicable, its code name or international non-proprietary name, its pharmaceutical form and strength;
4° Where applicable, the classification of the medicinal product in the categories listed in the second paragraph of article R. 5121-36 ;
5° The duration of the authorisation;
6° A statement that the therapeutic use and patient monitoring protocol is published on the Agency’s website and that the prescriber must familiarise himself with it and comply with the obligations it imposes on him.
II – Following the granting of an initial compassionate access authorisation for a medicinal product in a given indication, the Director General of the Agency will publish the criteria for granting this authorisation on the Agency’s website so that prescribers and pharmacists are aware of them and can comply with them, where applicable, with a view to subsequent applications.
In addition, it allocates to the medicinal product the national number identifying the common dispensing unit mentioned in article R. 5121-4 under the conditions laid down in the order provided for in this article.
III – The medicinal products authorised in this way are dispensed by the in-house pharmacy of a health establishment or by the person responsible referred to in article L. 5126-10.