Drugmakers Manipulate Orphan Drug Rules To Create Prized Monopolies

(By Sarah Jane Tribble and Sydney Lupkin for Kaiser Health News)

More than 30 years ago, Congress overwhelmingly passed a landmark health bill aimed at motivating pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs for people whose rare diseases had been ignored. Continue reading article here…

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