I alt 44 lægemidler opnåede en positiv udtalelse fra COMP i 2002, og Europa- Kommissionen traf 56 afgørelser om udpegelse.
By end of 2002, less than 3 years after the implementation of Orphan medicinal products for the the European regulation for orphan medicinal products, a total of 134 products have received orphan medicine status in the