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Rare disease drugs on the rise as multiple factors drive development

Last updated: Nov. 6, 2019
By Brian Orelli
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Drugs for rare diseases now account for 31% of R&D pipelines, up from 18% in 2010 and just 11% in 2005, according to a report from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. That's currently nearly 3,500 drugs in development, more than double the 1,530 in 2010.
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