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An Evolving Regulatory Environment for Rare and Orphan Diseases

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The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 was instrumental in changing the number of orphan drugs approved in the U.S. The law established the Office of Orphan Products Development , providing financial incentives for pharmaceutical companies to develop orphan drugs and making it more viable to invest in orphan drug research and development.

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Deliberate Dysentery

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yellow fever, malaria, and dengue), evaluating new drugs or treatments, and studying pathogenesis, the process by which a disease develops. Scientists studied black men infected with syphilis for several decades while withholding known treatments. Now, we have upwards of 98 or 99 percent cure rates in some cases.

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