Role of the Orphan Drug Act

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SIGNIFICANCE OF INDICATIONS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS AND THEIR ROLE IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT 

Business strategies used by biotechnology companies are (1) concentrating initially on the most obvious candidates with proven biologic achvities using natural 

By 1991, more than 375 products had received orphan designation, and more than 40 orphan drugs were available In the US. Nine of the 15 biotechnology-derived drugs on the market have orphan drug status, as do 19 biotechnology-derived drugs under development. Some of these prod- 

Tmmunex became a part of Amgen in 2002 and the right to market Leukine was transferred to another company as a part of the requirement by US Federal Trade Commission. 

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