1Department of Industrial Pharmacy, Raghavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (RIPER), Ananthapuramu - 515721Andhra Pradesh, India
2Department of Pharmacology, Raghavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (RIPER), Ananthapuramu - 515721Andhra Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: abdulhindustan@gmail.com
This article gives a brief knowledge about orphan diseases and drugs. An orphan disease is a rare illness lack market and resource data for the treatment and the drugs used for their treatment are called orphan drugs. The pharmaceutical firms show less interest in the development of drugs to treat them, and lack profit without government assistance. The authors reviewed published scientific literature and grouped a broad list of Orphan diseases and orphan drugs. The article summarizes the entire list of orphan diseases and drugs with their description.
Rare disease, Orphan drug, Government policy, Firms