Harry Shirkey, a medical practitioner, coined the term “therapeutic orphans” over 50 years ago to describe how children are overlooked in medical research; his observations remain true today. Despite the best efforts of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Federal Drug Administration
(FDA), nothing has really changed.
Therapeutic Orphans
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