Cost Implications of Orphan Drugs for Organizations

​The prices charged for many orphan drugs are extremely high - up to $500,000 per-year per-patient, with over $100,000 per year average costs. Orphan drugs are aimed at extremely rare diseases; defined as afflicting fewer than 200,000 patients in the U.S. Out of approximately 7,000 known rare diseases, 95% still have no approved therapies. Collectively, about 30 million Americans are impacted by a rare disease.

View the full ​report to look at what this means to the organizations that are primarily responsible for paying for these crucial, but very expensive drugs: insurance companies and self-insured employer groups often assisted by Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

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