Thinking straight about orphan drugs, Part 1.
In the United States, the median price for an orphan drug is about $100,000 per year, twenty times the price of the median non-orphan drug.
In the United States, the median price for an orphan drug is about $100,000 per year, twenty times the price of the median non-orphan drug.
The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2016, The New York Times Company). It also appeared on page A3 of the August 8, 2016 print edition.