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Table 4 Multivariate relative risks of an application for an orphan designation at EMA or FDA

From: Drug development for exceptionally rare metabolic diseases: challenging but not impossible

Variable

Univariate RR (95% CI)

Multivariate RR (95% CI)

Prevalence

  

1-9/1.000.000

5.0 (2.7–9.2)

2.8 (1.4–5.4)

<1/1.000.000

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Preclinical proof of concept?

  

Yes

6.0 (3.0–12.0)

3.9 (1.9–8.3)

No

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