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Pros And Cons Of The Orphan Drug Act Of 1983

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The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 was signed for the main purpose of promoting the research, treatment, prevention and diagnosis of rare disease or condition. Here the products which are used in rare disease can be drugs, biologics and medical devices. A rare disease means any disease which affects less than 200,000 persons in the United States or one in which the manufacturer has no expectation of recovering the money from development and sales in the United States. According to this act, there are certain incentives will be provided to the manufacturers who will develop orphan drug for the rare disease and condition. Thus, this act can encourage the treatment for rare disease. The advantages of this act is that the total time for approval of
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