Orphan Drug Loophole Shields Blockbuster Drugs From Price Negotiations – Managed Healthcare Executive

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When Congress designed the Orphan Drug Act in 1983, lawmakers had a noble goal: to incentivize pharmaceutical companies to develop treatments for rare diseases, those that impact fewer than 200,000 patients, that they wouldnt normally invest in. Four decades later, a budget reconciliation law has c…

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