I. – If required for public health reasons, in the event of a breach of the obligation to monitor patients and collect information, or if the conditions set out in Article L. 5121-12-1 are no longer met, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend or revoke the compassionate prescribing framework.
He may modify the compassionate prescribing framework for the same reasons or when it is necessary to update it in the light of developments in scientific knowledge or in the conditions of use of the medicinal product in the indication concerned.
II. – Except in emergencies, the Director General of the Agency will inform the marketing authorisation holder of the medicinal product concerned or the company responsible for marketing the medicinal product appointed for this purpose of his intention.
The marketing authorisation holder or the company operating the medicinal product will be informed of the publication of the Director General’s decision. The Ministers for Health and Social Security are informed without delay.
III. – When a medicinal product, whether it is the medicinal product which is the subject of the compassionate prescription framework or another medicinal product when it has the same active substance, the same strength and the same pharmaceutical form, obtains a marketing authorisation or an early access authorisation for one or more indications provided for by this compassionate prescription framework, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé sets the date on which the compassionate prescribing framework ceases to have effect, for this or these indication(s), on the basis of the time required for the medicinal product to be made available from the date of notification of the authorisation decision to the beneficiary. The beneficiary will provide the necessary information to the Director General of the Agency.