New
Treatments and Research
A number of HIV vaccines are
currently being tested, and many new drugs for HIV, or AIDS-related infections,
are being developed. Although these drugs are not yet approved for clinical use,
some patients who need them may receive these drugs by means of a "compassionate
use" exception.
"Compassionate use"
refers to the approval by a health care agency’s Institutional Review Board
to authorize the administration of a drug that has not yet been approved. Compassionate
use is reserved for patients facing extremely serious and/or life threatening
situations.
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