EPO: Orphan Designation

• Given protection to Amgen against competitors

• EPO has been marketed at a premium price

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Levinsky, Norman G. The Organization Of Medical Care -- Lessons from the Medicare End Stage Renal Disease Program. [Article] New England Journal of Medicine. 329(19):1395-1399, Nov 4, 1993.