TY - JOUR TI - Nonclinical data supporting orphan medicinal product designations in the area of rare infectious diseases AU - Sheean, M.E. AU - Malikova, E. AU - Duarte, D. AU - Capovilla, G. AU - Fregonese, L. AU - Hofer, M.P. AU - Magrelli, A. AU - Mariz, S. AU - Mendez-Hermida, F. AU - Nistico, R. AU - Leest, T. AU - Sipsas, N.V. AU - Tsigkos, S. AU - Vitezic, D. AU - Larsson, K. AU - Sepodes, B. AU - Stoyanova-Beninska, V. JO - Drug Discovery Today PY - 2020 VL - 25 TODO - 2 SP - 274-291 PB - Elsevier Ireland Ltd SN - 1359-6446 TODO - 10.1016/j.drudis.2019.10.015 TODO - orphan drug, Acanthamoeba keratitis; anthrax; avian influenza; clinical assessment; cystic fibrosis; drug efficacy; drug legislation; Ebola hemorrhagic fever; evidence based medicine; human; infection; leishmaniasis; malaria; mucormycosis; nonhuman; Orthopoxvirus; rare disease; Review; smallpox; tuberculosis; animal; communicable disease; drug manufacture; neglected disease; rare disease, Animals; Communicable Diseases; Humans; Neglected Diseases; Orphan Drug Production; Rare Diseases TODO - This review provides an overview of nonclinical in vivo models that can be used to support orphan designation in selected rare infectious diseases in Europe, with the aim to inform and stimulate the planning of nonclinical development in this area of often neglected diseases. © 2019 The Authors ER -