Generic drugs for four rare diseases have been launched
Current Hunt Team
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.
