Welcome To IRDiRC
Our vision: Enable all people living with a rare disease to receive an accurate diagnosis, care, and available therapy within one year of coming to medical attention
Goal 1
All patients coming to medical attention with a suspected rare disease will be diagnosed within one year if their disorder is known in the medical literature; all currently undiagnosable individuals will enter a globally coordinated diagnostic and research pipeline
Goal 2
1000 new therapies for rare diseases will be approved, the majority of which will focus on diseases without approved options
Goal 3
Methodologies will be developed to assess the impact of diagnoses and therapies on rare disease patients
Latest News
Innovative Models Reshaping Access to Diagnosis, Treatment and Care – Practical examples and global case studies
Scientific and medical advances in rare diseases continue to accelerate — but equitable…
New IRDiRC Publication: “Medical device development and innovation for rare and pediatric populations: a global landscape overview”
Medical devices for rare diseases are becoming increasingly important as healthcare innovation expands…
Learn more about rare diseases!
The Foundation for Rare Diseases has developed a series of three online courses…