It takes far too long for a rare disease to be diagnosed. Here's how that can change

The waiting game: a 'diagnostic odyssey' means patients can suffer for years before a diagnoses
Wolfram Nothaft
Chief Medical Officer, Takeda
Clifford Goldsmith
US CMO and National Director, Microsoft Health and Life Sciences
Yann Le Cam
Chief Executive Officer, EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe

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