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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