World Rare Disease Day

Highlights:

• World Rare Disease Day is marked on the last day of February each year to raise awareness about rare diseases
• This is a platform to bring together clinicians, researchers, pharma and biotech, policy makers and governments
• Rare diseases or orphan diseases, are neglected with no treatment or drugs available

(https:www.rarediseaseday.org/)Source: Medindia

‘World Rare Diseases Day is a platform to raise awareness about rare diseases among the general public, clinicians, pharma and biotech, policy makers and governments across the world. There is a need to address the issue of proliferating rare diseases and the issues regarding access to healthcare and outcomes.’

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