Brussels, 22/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - At a conference to be held in Lisbon on 27-28 November, the European Commission is to launch a consultation on actions to be taken to improve knowledge of rare diseases and their therapeutic and social treatment. This process, which will conclude in mid-February 2008, may lead to the creation of a European agency tasked with coordinating action in this highly specific field, which is characterised by a large number of diseases, but very few sufferers...