Public spending on orphan medicines: a review of the literature

Abstract Background and objective Little is known about how much public payers spend on orphan medicines. This study aimed at identifying information on orphan medicine expenditure incurred by public payers that was published in literature globally and at possibly synthesising their shares as portio...

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Main Authors: Margit Gombocz, Sabine Vogler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40545-020-00260-0