rare disease infographics
DESCRIPTION
Breakdown of the numbers surrounding rare diseases and medicines being developed to treat them. Report was released on Monday, September 7, 2013.TRANSCRIPT
RARE DISEASES BIG IMPACT
RARE DISEASES WORLDWIDE
7,000
Source: National Institutes of Health
RARE DISEASES BIG IMPACT
<200,000patients in the United States
BY DEFINITION, A RARE DISEASE AFFECTS
Source: National Institutes of Health
RARE DISEASES BIG IMPACT
30 MILLION
1 IN 10 AMERICANS
IN TOTAL, RARE DISEASE IMPACT
Source: National Institutes of Health
RESEARCH PROGRESS HOPE
RARE DISEASES BIG IMPACT
1983
ORPH
AN DRUG ACT 2,900 ORPHAN DRUG DESIGNATIONS
SINCE 1983, NEARLY
Source: Office of Orphan Products Development, Food and Drug Administration
RARE DISEASES BIG IMPACT
A GOOD START, but
400FDA TREATMENTS APPROVED
<5% RARE DISEASES HAVE A TREATMENT
of
Source: Food and Drug Administration, EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases
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medicines& vaccines indevelopment
452
Source: PhRMA, 2013 Rare Diseases Report
RARE DISEASES BIG IMPACT
HOPE
PROGRESS
RESEARCH
Source: PhRMA