Consistent with Melinta Therapeutics’s mission to discover, develop, and commercialize a continual stream of novel antibiotics, we are focused on enrolling and conducting the clinical trials necessary to gain regulatory approvals and promptly make our medicines available to patients. At Melinta Therapeutics, we believe that wherever possible, the use of an investigational medicine for a patient as part of a clinical trial is preferable; however, when patients with an unmet medical need are unable to access our investigational products through a clinical trial and all other options have been exhausted, we may be able to provide access through our compassionate use or expanded access program.
The evaluation criteria to determine if Melinta Therapeutics can provide expanded access to a specific Melinta Therapeutics investigational agent outside of a clinical trial include all of the following:
• The patient has a serious or life-threatening illness or condition and is either no longer responsive to or no longer able to tolerate any available treatment option;
• The investigational drug is in active clinical development with sufficient data available to determine an appropriate dose and schedule for the patient’s specific condition;
• A benefit-risk analysis, based on both the available clinical data as well as the requesting physician’s assessment of the individual patient’s condition and history, supports making the investigational drug available;
• Access is compliant with local rules and laws;
• Making the investigational drug available will not negatively impact or delay the conduct of clinical trials or regulatory review or approval of the investigational drug for broader patient access; and
• Adequate supply of the investigational drug is available.
All requests must be submitted by the patient’s treating physician and Melinta Therapeutics may require more detailed information in order to fully evaluate a request. The treating physician must agree to obtain appropriate regulatory and ethics committee approvals and comply with regulatory obligations, including obtaining patient consent, patient monitoring and safety reporting. Treating physicians seeking expanded access, meeting the above-mentioned evaluation criteria, should submit their requests to medinfo@melinta.com. We regularly monitor this mailbox and will use our best efforts to acknowledge each submitted request within 3 business days after receipt. Melinta Therapeutics is committed to carefully evaluating requests on a case-by-case basis and in a fair and equitable manner; however, Melinta Therapeutics cannot guarantee access to any specific investigational drug by any individual patient.
If you are a patient with questions concerning access to our investigational products, either through a clinical trial or through expanded access, please consult with your treating physician.