Page 1 of 8. Connotation and Denotation. Connotation and Denotation. Connotation and Denotation are two principal methods of describing the meanings of. words. Connotation refers to the wide array of positive and negative associations that. most words naturally carry with them, whereas denotation is the precise, literal definition. of a word that might be found in a dictionary.
Medical Definition of orphan drug. : a drug that is not developed or marketed because its extremely limited use (as in the treatment of a rare disease) makes it unprofitable.
Orphan drug status granted by the European Commission gives marketing exclusivity in the EU for 10 years after approval. The EU's legislation is administered by the Committee on Orphan Medicinal Products of the European Medicines Agency (EMA).n an effort to reduce the burden on manufacturers applying for orphan drug status, the FDA and EMA agreed in late 2007 to utilize a common application process for both agencies.