How Rare are Rare Diseases?

Today we're sharing a recent post from Express Scripts that asks the question, "How rare are rare diseases?" While rare diseases are uncommon, there are still 7,000 known rare diseases impacting over 10% of Americans every day.

ESI writes, "Rare diseases remain both difficult to research and diagnose. In fact, on average patients wait nearly five years for an accurate rare disease diagnosis and see an average of seven physicians during that time. Access to treatments from both a cost and availability standpoint is another." 

The cost of orphan drugs and non-orphan drug is a big topic of conversation surrounding this reality. To learn more, please click HERE! 

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