International Initiative Tackles Paucity Of Rare Disease Devices
An orphan device working group is calling on medtech experts to pen scientific journal articles.
Executive Summary
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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