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The drugs which are developed for treatment of rare diseases and conditions are referred to as orphan drugs. The rare diseases such as Tourette syndrome, Huntington’s disease, muscular dystrophy, myoclonus, and ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) are some of those diseases for treatment of which adequate drugs have not been developed, and hence these diseases are treated by orphan drugs. Orphan drugs are developed by the pharmaceutical companies for public health need, and the sales generated by this drugs are very minimal when compared to normal drugs. The orphan diseases manifest in patient populations representing 6-8% of the global population. Symptoms of some orphan diseases may appear at birth or in childhood including cystic fibrosis, infantile spinal muscular atrophy, familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), and some others. The increasing prevalence of rare cancer in patients owing to oncological diseases segment to dominate in the orphan drugs market The global or...