Orphan Drugs Are the Most Expensive Drugs In the US Market 

An independent survey listed 10 most expensive drugs or biologics in the US market and all of them are orphan drugs. With the annual cost of between $840K to $3.5 million, most of these drugs are quite profitable despite very few patients among the very few eligible patients who could either be covered by their … Read more

FDA Provides Detailed Guidance on Developing Drugs for Children 

Two new FDA Guidance Documents released last week describe in great details the various regulatory and scientific considerations for developing drugs and biologics for children. Two laws passed more than 20 years ago for pediatric drug developments mandate that all new drug approval applications either contain pediatric data or the plan to generate such data … Read more