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According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an orphan drug is defined as one "intended for the treatment, prevention or diagnosis of a rare disease or condition, which is one that affects less than 200,000 persons in the US" (which equates to approximately 6 cases per 10,000 population) "or meets cost recovery provisions of the act".
In contrast, the decade prior to 1983 saw fewer than ten such products come to market. From the passage of the ODA in 1983 until May 2010, the FDA approved 353 orphan drugs and granted orphan designations to 2,116 compounds. As of 2010, 200 of the roughly 7,000 officially designated orphan diseases have become treatable. [13]
Once a drug receives fast track designation, early and frequent communication between the FDA and a drug company is encouraged throughout the entire drug development and review process. The frequency of communication assures that questions and issues are resolved quickly, often leading to earlier drug approval and access by patients.
The FDA grants orphan drug and rare pediatric disease designations to Ionis' (IONS) ION582 for treating Angelman syndrome. These designations will help incentivize development of the candidate.
Orphan drug status, which is given to drugs meant for the treatment of rare diseases, offers drug developers a path to faster approval and enhanced market exclusivity. So let's look at a small ...
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals (NAS: BMRN) keeps chugging along, pushing its orphan drug pipeline forward. Yesterday, the biotech announced data from two trials, giving the company confidence to move ...
Lists of all drugs that have received orphan status in the United States and Europe are available from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Commission, respectively: FDA List of Orphan Designations and Approvals [dead link ] European Commission Register of designated Orphan Medicinal Products
According to Thomson Reuters in their 2012 publication "The Economic Power of Orphan Drugs", there has been increased investing in orphan drug research and development partly since the U.S. Congress enacted the Orphan Drug Act, giving an extra monopoly for drugs for "orphan diseases" that affected fewer than 200,000 people in the country. [13]