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Orphan Drugs - Its Pros and Cons


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1 Himalayan Pharmacy Institute, Majhitar, Rangpo, East Sikkim. PIN-737136, India
2 S.D. College of Pharmacy, Barnala, Punjab, PIN 148101, India
     

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Diseases are born with man and drugs came into existence since a very early time to remove pain of diseases and to cure them. But at times the drug is not developed into a usable medicine because the costs incurred will not be recovered by the developer. As a result the free market economy is liable to leave some rare diseases as untreated. Such a disease is called orphan disease, the drug as orphan drug, and the sufferer as orphan patient. The objective of this review is to highlight the historical background, classification, lists of orphan drugs along with the recent pharmaceutical development and clinical use.

Keywords

Orphan Drugs, Rare Diseases, Orphan Vaccines.
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Debarupa Dutta
Himalayan Pharmacy Institute, Majhitar, Rangpo, East Sikkim. PIN-737136, India
Prithviraj Chakraborty
S.D. College of Pharmacy, Barnala, Punjab, PIN 148101, India

Abstract


Diseases are born with man and drugs came into existence since a very early time to remove pain of diseases and to cure them. But at times the drug is not developed into a usable medicine because the costs incurred will not be recovered by the developer. As a result the free market economy is liable to leave some rare diseases as untreated. Such a disease is called orphan disease, the drug as orphan drug, and the sufferer as orphan patient. The objective of this review is to highlight the historical background, classification, lists of orphan drugs along with the recent pharmaceutical development and clinical use.

Keywords


Orphan Drugs, Rare Diseases, Orphan Vaccines.