Orphan Drugs; Inholdings; Homo-Nauseous, Asshat, Predatated

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 04:15:45PM -0400, Fred Shapiro wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Baker, John wrote:
>
> >         The Orphan Drug Act, Public Law No. 97-414, became law on
> > January 4, 1983.  Science magazine, in its July 30, 1982, issue, ran a
> > brief notice that the University of Michigan would host a symposium
> > titled "Orphan Drugs and Orphan Diseases:  Public Policy and Clinical
> > Realities" on September 27 - 29.  That's the earliest mention in
> > Science, though there are probably earlier references in medical
> > journals like JAMA.
>
> Here's an earlier citation:
>
> 1979 _Lancet_ 19 May 1075 [pdf file doesn't open when I try, but search
> hit indicates term appears on that page]

The next batch of OED Online will have a 1975 quote from the New
England Journal of Medicine.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED