orphan drug

English

Noun

orphan drug (plural orphan drugs)

A medicinal drug which is effective in the treatment of some disease(s), but which is not manufactured or marketed because the demand is insufficient to cover the costs of supply.
Tragically, her disease is so rare that the only effective medicine is an orphan drug.
(US, law) A drug as defined under the Orphan Drug Act (1983). (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Translations

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Dutch: weesgeneesmiddel n
Finnish: orpolääke
French: médicament orphelin (fr) m
German: Orphan-Arzneimittel n
Greek: ορφανό φάρμακο (orfanó fármako)
Italian: farmaco orfano (it) m
Japanese: 希少疾病用医薬品

Korean: please add this translation if you can
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Portuguese: medicamento órfão m
Romanian: medicament orfan
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: medicamento huérfano m
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Turkish: yetim ilaç
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