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Pharmaceutical treatments lacking

By Denis Méthot | January 22 2020 02:39PM

The term "orphan" appeared in the early 1980s in the United States in connection with the treatment of rare diseases. It was said that a disease was orphaned if there was no treatment other than that of its symptoms.

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Pharmaceutical treatments lacking

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