The European Regulation on Orphan Medicinal Products

Society cannot accept that certain individuals be denied the benefits of medical progress simply because the affliction from which they suffer affects only a small number of people. It is therefore up to the public authorities to provide the necessary incentives and to adapt their administrative procedures so as to make it as easy as possible to provide these patients with medicinal products which are just as safe and effective as any other medicinal product and meet the same quality standa...