Dear Forum,

I have a couple of questions about sourcing of IMP for non-commercial clinical trials.

1. Must academically driven studies use the hospital pharmacy to manufacture the IMP? if yes why- more cost effective?
2. Can the IMP (a marketed product being used outside of it authorised indications) for non-commercial studies be purchased from local pharmacy/Boots? How about reputable internet suppliers?

Any thoughts/ answers will be much appreciated.