Orphan drug approvals

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United States · 2024

Orphan drug approvals in United States stood at 26 in 2024 (FDA).

Original source
Publisher
FDA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
New Rare Disease Therapies in 2024
Retrieved
17 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

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These approvals included 26 new therapies that had previously received an orphan drug designation to prevent, diagnose or treat a rare disease or condition.

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APA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2024). CDER Brings Many Safe and Effective Therapies to Patients and Consumers in 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-voices/cder-brings-many-safe-and-effective-therapies-patients-and-consumers-2024. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PZ8Y4T826CBFBEP23NPCHYCTMV
MLA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration. "CDER Brings Many Safe and Effective Therapies to Patients and Consumers in 2024." 2024, https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-voices/cder-brings-many-safe-and-effective-therapies-patients-and-consumers-2024. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PZ8Y4T826CBFBEP23NPCHYCTMV.
Chicago
U.S. Food and Drug Administration. "CDER Brings Many Safe and Effective Therapies to Patients and Consumers in 2024." 2024. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-voices/cder-brings-many-safe-and-effective-therapies-patients-and-consumers-2024. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PZ8Y4T826CBFBEP23NPCHYCTMV.
BibTeX
@misc{fda2024orphanhyctmv, author = {{U.S. Food and Drug Administration}}, title = {CDER Brings Many Safe and Effective Therapies to Patients and Consumers in 2024}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_PZ8Y4T826CBFBEP23NPCHYCTMV}, note = {Original source: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-voices/cder-brings-many-safe-and-effective-therapies-patients-and-consumers-2024. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }

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Publisher
U.S. Food and Drug Administration · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
CDER Brings Many Safe and Effective Therapies to Patients and Consumers in 2024
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
New Rare Disease Therapies in 2024
Retrieved
17 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
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