Doing Well By Doing Good: FDA's Orphan Product Head Makes His Case to Pharma

Tim Coté has been a tireless advocate for greater involvement by Big Pharma in orphan drug research since taking over as head of FDA's Orphan Products Office two years ago. We talked to him about the response he's heard so far.

"Over the last 26 years, large pharmaceutical companies have missed an incredible opportunity," says Tim Coté, head of the Food & Drug Administration's Office of Orphan Product Development.

That opportunity? The development and commercialization of products to treat rare diseases (known to regulators as Orphan Drugs, defined as...

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