A medicinal drug which is effective in the treatment of some disease(s), but which is not manufactured or marketed because the demand is insufficient to cover the costs of supply.
A medicinal drug which is effective in the treatment of some disease(s), but which is not manufactured or marketed because the demand is insufficient to cover the costs of supply.
Tragically, her disease is so rare that the only effective medicine is an orphan drug.
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(US) The semi-official use of a drug that has not yet gained official approval in cases where no other treatment is possible.
(British) A medicine that is protected by a patent.
(US, informal) A pharmaceutical product that generates more than a billion dollars of revenue for its owner each year.
(US, slang, archaic) Of or relating to pharmacy, especially as a subject of study.
(US, legal) A drug as defined under the Orphan Drug Act (1983).
Tragically, her disease is so rare that the only effective medicine is an orphan drug.
“European regulators back new DMD gene therapy with key status https://www.europesays.com/europe/32461/ Regulators in the European Union have granted orphan drug designation to SGT-003, a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular…”
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