Orphan Drug
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...000 people in the United States. The orphan drug law offers tax breaks and a seven...by making inordinately high profits on orphan drugs under monopoly. Since the 1983 act went into effect, many orphan drugs have been approved, including those for the treatment of such conditions as AIDS , cystic fibrosis , blepharospasm (uncontrolled...