International Initiative Tackles Paucity Of Rare Disease Devices

An orphan device working group is calling on medtech experts to pen scientific journal articles.

What is the importance of medtech in diagnosing and treating rare diseases? This is among the key questions that an international working group aims to address through a collection of articles in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases.

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The regulatory landscape for medical devices and technologies used to diagnose, treat or support individuals with rare conditions needs improvement. This is according to a collaborative working group set up by The International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC) and the Netherlands’ University of Twente.

Although the initiative, known as the Working Group on MedTech For Rare Diseases, has members from across the globe,...

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