Orphan drug

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

An orphan drug is a pharmaceutical agent that is developed to treat certain rare medical conditions. An orphan drug would not be profitable to produce without government assistance, due to the small population of patients affected by the conditions.

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