Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4736

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Publication type: Journal Article

Haffner ME.
Adopting orphan drugs--two dozen years of treating rare diseases.
N Engl J Med 2006 Feb 2; 354:(5):445-7
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/utils/lofref.fcgi?PrId=3051&uid=16452556&db=PubMed&url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=short&pmid=16452556

Keywords:
Botulism/drug therapy Clinical Trials Drug Approval Drug Industry History, 20th Century Humans Immunoglobulins/therapeutic use Immunoglobulins, Intravenous/therapeutic use Orphan Drug Production/history Orphan Drug Production/legislation & jurisprudence* Rare Diseases/drug therapy* Rare Diseases/history United States United States Food and Drug Administration