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On the recordJuly 10, 2014
I set out to figure out why there were no drugs in the U.S. for Adam's condition.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waxman recounts his motivation for creating the Orphan Drug Act after hearing a constituent's plight.

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