July 5, 2018.
An ambitious plan to fight rare diseases has just been launched. In particular, it should promote earlier diagnoses when they can take up to 5 years today.
Enable faster diagnostics
The government wants to tackle rare diseases. And for the third time, is launching an ambitious plan of attack which should make it possible to relaunch research in this area. Presented on the occasion of the 2nd meeting of rare diseases by the Minister of Health, Agnès Buzyn, and the Minister of Education and Research, Frédérique Vidal, it has a goal: offer diagnosis and treatment for everyone.
This plan is based on 11 main axes. The government wants, for example, that the diagnoses be made as soon as possible, that is to say a year maximum after a consultation with a specialist, against 5 years today. for more than a quarter of patients. It also intends to promote better data sharing between the various laboratories and research institutes by creating “quality, interoperable and reusable data warehouses for rare diseases”.
3 million French people are affected by a rare disease
” The new research measures of this rare disease plan represent funding of 20 million euros “, Declared the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research during the presentation of this plan,” to which we should of course add the projects already underway as well as all the basic funding and salaries of researchers from the many laboratories invested in this theme “.
The ministries recall thattoday there are around 7,000 rare diseases that affect more than 3 million people in France, and around 25 million in Europe. Since 2004, two national plans have followed one another and have enabled the creation of 23 health sectors based on 387 reference centers and 1,800 competence centers throughout France.
Gaelle Latour
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