Europe Orphan Drug Market & Clinical Trial Insight 2015

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Jan 27, 2015, 12:16 ET

DUBLIN, Jan. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Research and Markets

(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/q4kv8k/europe_orphan) has announced the addition of the "Europe Orphan Drug Market & Clinical Trial Insight 2015" report to their offering.

The concept of rare diseases and the idea that a special attention needs to be given to this sector has been taking shape in Europe since the 1990s. Ever since then the political aspects and initiatives related to orphan medicinal products have been emerging at both the EU level and at the level of member states individually. Many member states in the EU have led the way during the 1990s in the space of orphan medicinal products, the result of which took the shape of the first European legislative text concerning rare diseases called the Orphan Medicinal Product Regulation. This Regulation was adopted in 1999 and came into effect in 2000.

In the European region, rare disease is considered to be a priority area and research in this field is given high importance by the EU Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development (FP) ever since the early 1990s. Increasing the utilization of scarce resources and coordinating research efforts are the basic factors which have been responsible for success in the European rare diseases market. However, the absence of an exhaustive rare disease classification, standard terms of reference and a harmonized regulatory requirement, has always been a challenge in this region, which is currently impacting the global sharing of information, data and samples which would boost the research further.

It has been estimated that Europe has witnessed more than 100 therapies for rare diseases being approved since 2000, when the European Commission introduced incentives to encourage the development of these drugs. The share of R&D for orphan medicinal products development as a proportion of total biopharmaceutical industry's R&D has been increasing significantly over the years. This is strengthened by the fact that almost all companies which have been set up recently to develop orphan medicinal products have their extensive R&D plants and staff located in the European Union. This shows the significance of the region and its level of attractiveness.

Additionally, the investment in R&D by the European companies for developing orphan medicinal products has increased by more than 200%, while the total number of employees in these companies has recorded an increase of more than 150% since 2000. With the long durations of lead times in the biopharmaceuticals industry for R&D projects, it is most likely that the EU Regulation for Orphan medicinal products would have a significant impact in the coming years.

Key Topics Covered:

1. What Are Orphan Drugs?

2. Europe Orphan Drug Designation Criteria

3. Europe Orphan Drug Reimbursement Policy

4. Europe Orphan Drug Market Overview

5. Europe Regulatory Framework for Orphan Drugs

6. Europe Orphan Drug Pipeline by Country, Company, Indication & Phase

7. Marketed Orphan Drug in Europe by Country, Company & Indication

8. Discontinued & Suspended Orphan Drug Clinical Pipeline

9. Competitive Landscape

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