orphan drug
A medicinal drug which is effective in the treatment of some disease, but which is not…A medicinal drug which is effective in the treatment of some disease(s), but which is not manufactured or marketed because the demand is insufficient to cover the costs of supply.
Meaning
2 sensesA medicinal drug which is effective in the treatment of some disease(s), but which is not manufactured or marketed because the demand is insufficient to cover the costs of supply.
Tragically, her disease is so rare that the only effective medicine is an orphan drug.
(US)A drug as defined under the Orphan Drug Act (1983).
Orphan-Arzneimittel
орфанные препаратыorfannyje preparaty
Translations
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Forms
plural: orphan drugs| Singular | orphan drug |
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