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Table 1 Sponsor drug manufacturers subject to expanded access campaigns/petitions

From: Going “social” to access experimental and potentially life-saving treatment: an assessment of the policy and online patient advocacy environment for expanded access

Name of sponsor

Size of companya

Publicly traded? (Yes/No)

Number of requestsb

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

Large

Yes (NASDAQ Stock Market: BMRN)

1

Bayer AG

Large

Yes (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: BAYN)

1

Bristol-Meyers Squibb

Large

Yes (New York Stock Exchange: BMY)

5

Chimerix Inc.

Small

Yes (NASDAQ Stock Market: CMRX)

1

CureTech Ltd.

Small

No

1

Eli Lilly and Company

Large

Yes (New York Stock Exchange: LLY)

1

Genentech Inc. (wholly owned subsidiary of F. Hoffmann-La Roche)

Large

Yes (SIX Swiss Exchange: ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY)

4

ISIS Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Small

Yes (NASDAQ Stock Market: ISIS)

1

MedImmune, LLC (wholly owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca)

Large

Yes (London Stock Exchange, OMX, New York Stock Exchange: AZN)

1

Merck & Co., Inc.

Large

Yes (New York Stock Exchange: MRK)

8

Pfizer Inc.

Large

Yes (New York Stock Exchange: PFE)

1

Pharmacyclics LLC

Large

Yes (NASDAQ Stock Market: PCYC)

1

Shire Plc

Large

Yes (London Stock Exchange: SHP; NASDAQ Stock Market: SHPG)

1

Total number of firms: 13

 

Total number of requests: 27

  1. aBusinesses classified as small (<500 employees) according to the U.S. Small Business Administration (under NAICS Association classification 541711, Research and Development in Biotechnology); btotal number of requests equal more than the number of cases reviewed (23), because several patients requested access from more than one sponsor