EU Pharma Rejects Proposed Changes To Orphan Medicine Criteria

Companies Want More Incentives For New Drug Development

The European Commission’s latest consultation on overhauling the EU legislation on medicines for children and for rare diseases has drawn some sharp responses from stakeholders.

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The EU pediatric and orphan drug legislation is being revised. • Source: Alamy

The R&D-based European pharmaceutical industry has again rejected proposals to reduce the incentives for orphan and pediatric drug development, promote faster generic and biosimilar competition, and introduce a legal definition of “unmet needs.”

According to the European Commission, while the EU orphan and pediatric drug regulations were designed to improve treatment options, they...

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