Highly Profitable Orphans Can Have Exclusivity Reduced Under EC Proposal
Executive Summary
Orphan drugs marketed in the European Union that are found to be making an "unreasonable profit" may face a reduction of market exclusivity time, according to the European Commission's proposal for an orphan products regulation.
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