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How can you access<\/span>
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Find out how you can access the new treatments available to live better with dmd.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”75″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][mk_page_section vertical_align=”center” bg_image=”https:\/\/laforcedmd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img-la-force-dmd-58-1.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”250″ full_height=”true” el_class=”section-header header-02″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1650899369675{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1650899375035{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_accordions style=”simple-style” open_toggle=”-1″ container_bg_color=”” responsive=”false” scroll_click=”true” el_class=”liste-accordion liste-nouveau-traitement remove-first-border accordion-hide-title”][vc_accordion_tab title=”
\n<h2>What you need to know about the Special Access Program<\/h2>
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What you need to know about the Special Access Program<\/span><\/h2>\n

Health Canada\u2019s Special Access Program (SAP) considers requests from doctors for access to drugs unavailable in Canada to treat patients with serious or life-threatening conditions on a compassionate or emergency basis when conventional therapies fail, are unsuitable or unavailable.<\/p>\n

Through SAP, your doctor may be able to access experimental drugs not yet approved by Health Canada and still in clinical trials, and other non-marketed drugs. These drugs must treat, diagnose or prevent a serious or life-threatening condition. The physician must have tried other alternatives unsuccessfully, and sufficient evidence of the drug\u2019s safety and efficacy must support its use.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=”
\n<h2>Getting drugs via SAP<\/h2>
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Getting drugs via SAP<\/span><\/h2>\n

The SAP has specific procedures to follow that are well documented on Health Canada\u2019s website. A physician who is interested in using a particular treatment that is not yet available in Canada must send a request to the SAP on behalf of a patient, with that person\u2019s consent. The doctor must complete the required forms and submit them for review.<\/p>\n

Families affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who are interested in finding out more about the SAP should ask their doctor and consult Health Canada\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Learn more<\/p>\n

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\n<h2>Who makes decisions on SAP requests?<\/h2>
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Who makes decisions on SAP requests?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Health Canada decides whether to approve or reject an SAP request. These decisions are made on a case-by-case basis and consider the:<\/p>\n