- Generic drugs for four rare diseases have been launched.
- These generic drugs will help in reducing the prices of rare diseases up to 100 times their current market value.
- Generic drugs will support the treatment of four diseases: Tyrosinemia-Type 1, Gaucher’s Disease, Wilson’s Disease, and the Dravet-Lennox Gastaut Syndrome.
- The cost of these drugs will decrease between 60 and 100 times of their current market value.
- The government is also trying to available more generic drugs available for rare diseases including Phenylketonuria and Hyperammonemia in the next few months.
- A rare disease is a health condition of particularly low prevalence that affects a small number of people.
- India has around 8.4 crore to 10 crore of rare diseases patients. Nearly 80% per cent of these diseases are genetic in nature.
- Thirteen rare diseases have been prioritized by the government.
