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Orphan Drug Law. If you want someone to do all the work to actually prove it works, which is incredibly expensive, they must be compensated in some way. There
by danielweber 14y ago
Orphan Drug Law. If you want someone to do all the work to actually prove it works, which is incredibly expensive, they must be compensated in some way.
There are certainly other ways to compensate people who do this research, but this way maps pretty well to our current laws.
- huxley 14y agoSome drugs are very expensive, but most orphan drugs aren't. Average costs are between $25-60 million per drug. http://www.palgrave-journals.com/biosoc/journal/v6/n1/full/biosoc201040a.html http://www.palgrave-journals.com/biosoc/journal/v6/n1/full/b... http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/rnd/evidenceregardingrnd.pdf http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/rnd/evidenceregardingrnd.pdf