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Noun
1

A medicinal drug which is effective in the treatment of some disease(s), but which is not manufactured or marketed because the demand is insufficient to cover the costs of supply.

See Also
deorphanization orphan orphan disease drug disease pasireotide insufficient medicinal
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Rhyming Words
rug trug krug frug drug sprug unrug okrug shrug codrug bedrug z drug rag rug fur rug cut rug prodrug nondrug predrug area rug postdrug
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