Indian Government to Set Trade Margins of 50 Orphan Drugs- Treatments for Cancer and Rare Diseases
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- Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has classified a list of multiple drugs containing 21 rare and 39 cancer drugs including diseases Gaucher Disease- Hunter Syndrome- Pompe Disease- Fabry Disease- Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency- Type 2 cerliponase- Duchenne muscular dystrophy- SMA and cystic fibrosis
- The reduction in the cost of the orphan drugs is to make them affordable and available to the patients suffering from orphan diseases
- The act is expected to affect major pharma companies namely Pfizer- Sanofi- Genzyme- and Shire
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