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4 October 2021Americas

Eleventh Circuit finds FDA fell foul of Orphan Drug Act

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has found that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated the exclusivity of a patent covering a drug for a rare autoimmune disorder, by approving the same treatment specifically for children.

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