Right to Try in Lebanon
How the right to try pathway operates in Lebanon.
About Right to Try
US federal legislation (2018) providing an alternative pathway to investigational drugs.
How Right to Try works in Lebanon
Lebanon's MoPH has a functional (if under-resourced) named-patient pathway for unregistered drugs.
Patients in Lebanon seeking access under Right to Try typically follow this flow: a licensed physician in Lebanon issues the prescription and clinical justification, the regulator reviews and authorises, and an authorised operator coordinates import.
Documents required in Lebanon
- Physician prescription and clinical-justification letter.
- Patient identification and consent.
- Country-specific NPP/personal-import form.
- Hospital or clinic attestation where required.
Typical timeline
End-to-end 2-6 weeks in most tier 3 jurisdictions. Cellular and gene therapies may require additional ethics-committee review.