What Is the Purpose of the Orphan Drug Act?

Matthew Herder

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002191

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What Is the Purpose of the Orphan Drug Act?

Matthew Herder

* E-mail: Matthew.Herder@dal.ca

Affiliation Health Law Institute, Faculties of Medicine and Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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What Is the Purpose of the Orphan Drug Act?

Matthew Herder

Published: January 3, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002191

About the Authors

Matthew Herder

* E-mail: Matthew.Herder@dal.ca

Affiliation Health Law Institute, Faculties of Medicine and Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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