The European Commission has established a €100 million
budget allocated to rare disease research of which €55 million
will come from EU’s research and innovation programme
Horizon 2020. The new European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP RD) will launch on 1 January 2019 with the main objective of making sure that new treatments and diagnostic tools reach those who need them the most.
For more information about the EJP RD, please read the full article on the European Commission’s website here.