Orphan Drug at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Orphan Drug? An orphan drug is a drug for the treatment of a rare disease for which reasonable recovery of the sponsoring firms research and development expenditure is not expected within a reasonable time. The term is also used to describe substances intended for such uses.

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