At a conference held on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 October in Bilbao, Spain, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) urged the EU to launch a European action plan to strengthen cooperation between national health systems to combat rare diseases.
The EESC believes that this European strategy should aim to provide people with rare diseases with the care they need in the EU Member State where the best treatment is available.
Rare diseases are generally chronic, sometimes disabling...