
A designation that gives pharmaceutical companies additional incentives to develop particular drugs, usually for rare diseases....
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Synonym for orphan products ... Drugs, biologicals, and medical devices (including diagnostic in vitro tests) that may be useful in common or rare diseases but which are not considered commercially viable. ... Synonym: orphan drugs. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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an FDA category of drugs developed to treat conditions that rarely occur. The FDA offers financial incentives to offset the predicted lower rate of return on the investment in clinical development.
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Type: Term Synonyms: orphan products, under product
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These are drugs that are for preventing, diagnosing or treating a life threatening medical condition that affects fewer that 5 out of every 10,000 people in the European Union. The pharmaceutical company would not normally be able to make much profit from these drugs because so few people would need them. So they get incentives, such as having to...
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drugs used to treat rare diseases; not normally produced because potential sales are small
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