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Patients in Europe have grown accustomed to health technology assessment bodies passing judgment on new medications. But in England recently the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, or NICE, has taken the appraisal process one step too far.
With over 6,000 identified rare diseases, diagnosing a patient can often be like searching for a needle in a haystack. And with only a limited number of specialists and specialty medical centers, rare disease patients and their families often don’t know where to turn.