Adopting orphan drugs - Two dozen years of treating rare diseases
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The Orphan Drug Act was passed as an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, while the law defines an orphan drug as one with efficacy against a disease affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US or one that the scientists. The law has passed, 282 such drugs and biological products providing treatment for more than 14 million patients in the US.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2006
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Scientific and legal viability of follow-on protein drugs
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The article discusses the use of protein-based therapies used today in the treatment of many ailments like diabetes and anemia and how some scientific issues of follow-on protein products still remain unresolved. Also some of the legal issues underlying these follow-on protein products are discussed.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2008
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The ongoing regulation of generic drugs
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The issues related to regulation of generic drugs by FDA approval and compulsory licenses for patented drugs to protect public health or increase access to essential medicines are reviewed.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2007
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