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The Role of Market Exclusivity in Incentivising Research and Development of Orphan Medicinal Products in Europe: A Critical Analysis

Julie Mac Namara

""Some conditions occur so infrequently that the cost of developing and bringing to the market a medicinal product to diagnose, prevent or treat the condition would not be recovered by the expected sales of the medicinal product; the pharmaceutical industry would be unwilling to develop the medicinal product under normal market conditions; these medical products are called 'orphan' "

In this article, Julie McNamara provides a rigorous analysis into the role of Regulation 141/2000/EC in incentivising the research and development of orphan medicinal products in the EU""

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