Description:

The rare disease list includes rare diseases and conditions for which information requests have been made to the Office of Rare Diseases. A rare disease is defined as a disease or condition for which there are fewer than 200,000 affected persons alive in the United States. The Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) was established in 1993 within the Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH) to respond to the reporting requirements of the Orphan Drug Act; to implement the recommendations of the National Commission on Orphan Diseases; to respond to requests for information on rare diseases; and to support extramural and intramural research where research has been lacking, lagging, or where a scientific opportunity exists.

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DISEASES.ASP  

RAREDISEASES.INFO.NIH.GOV  

Record Details:

Record Type:DATA SET

Product Published Date:12/31/1993

Record Last Revised:05/09/2005

Record ID: 132555

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Role :CONTACT

Organization Name :National Institutes of Health

Organization Name :Office of Rare Diseases

Primary Phone Number :301-402-4336

Fax Number :301-480-9655

Primary Email :ord@od.nih.gov

Mailing Address :6100 Executive Boulevard,Room 3A07, MSC 7518

Citation :Bethesda

State :MD

Zip Code :208927518