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What is A pharmaceutical agent that has been developed specifically to treat a rare medical condition (affecting fewer than 200,000 people): and explain in detail?
An orphan drug is a pharmaceutical agent that has been developed specifically to treat a rare medical condition (affecting fewer than 200,000 people).