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What Is the Purpose of the Orphan Drug Act?

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Matthew Herder suggests it may be time to re-examine the purpose of the U.S. Orphan Drug Act.

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  • Matthew Herder, 2017. "What Is the Purpose of the Orphan Drug Act?," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(1), pages 1-4, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:1002191
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002191
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    1. Gamba, Simona & Magazzini, Laura & Pertile, Paolo, 2021. "R&D and market size: Who benefits from orphan drug legislation?," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    2. Fontrier, Anna-Maria, 2022. "Market access for medicines treating rare diseases: Association between specialised processes for orphan medicines and funding recommendations," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 306(C).
    3. Simona Gamba & Laura Magazzini & Paolo Pertile, 2019. "R&D and market size: who benefits from orphan drug regulation?," Working Papers 09/2019, University of Verona, Department of Economics.

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