Orphan Drugs Should Be Rarer, Insurers Urge, Citing Price Increases
Executive Summary
FDA can improve drug pricing by limiting the number of orphan designations, AHIP argues; worryingly for industry, the agency appears to be already thinking along similar lines.
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