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When a patient has a serious illness and there is no approved drug available, the physician may want to try one that has not been authorized for marketing by national health authorities but has shown promise in clinical trials.European Named Patient Programs, like US compassionate use programs, offer physicians access to pharmaceuticals that have not yet been licensed.However, there's one important difference: in Europe an unlicensed drug can be reimbursed...

The rising number of uninsured is in large part being driven by individuals abandoning the corporate life to pursue their dreams as entrepreneurs and small business owners.Unfortunately, this trend comes at a time when more and more medications are available to help treat the severe (and the not so serious) illnesses that many people face today.However, as you probably already know, without health insurance coverage, the prescription medications that you need are too far out of reach; they are just too costly!To make matters worse, most prescription medications cost far more in the United States than they do in other industrialized nations...