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With more than 400 million people worldwide living with a rare disease, and 10,000 rare diseases known to exist today, rare diseases are not as rare as we may think.1
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With more than 400 million people worldwide living with a rare disease, and 10,000 rare diseases known to exist today, rare diseases are not as rare as we may think.1
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rare diseases that we know of
on average, and often more, to get an accurate rare disease diagnosis
patients diagnosed with a rare disease is a child
of rare diseases are genetic
of rare diseases do not have an approved treatment
People living with rare diseases can face significant challenges like lack of treatment options and access to care.
These challenges weigh even more heavily on racial and ethnic minorities and marginalized groups, leading to economic hardship, difficulty accessing care, and poorer outcomes for both patients and caregivers.6-8
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