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The orphan drug credit helps pharmaceutical companies absorb the costs of developing drugs and treatments for exceedingly rare diseases.

A dread disease rider is added to a life insurance policy to help cover the costs of a critical illness, such as cancer or a stroke.

Orphan drug status offers companies researching rare diseases an incentive to pursue a cure via tax incentives and marketing exclusivity.

The morbidity rate, used by various insurance companies to price their premiums, is the frequency with which a disease appears in a population.

Dutch disease is an economic term for the negative consequences that can follow a spike in the value of a nation’s currency. It is primarily associated with the repercussions of a natural resource boom.

The incidence rate describes the frequency of an event occurring over time. Read how incidence rates impact investors in pharmaceutical companies.

Algorithms have been making it harder for certain racial and socioeconomic groups to receive the healthcare they deserve.

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