The Rare Patient Voice community has 100,000 members across 496 conditions in the US and Canada.

The company has worked with Q One Tech to manage its current panel, and is now launching recruiting in the UK. It also has plans to expand to Germany, France, Spain and Italy in future.

Rare Patient Voice said it has made the move in response to demand from clients for recruitment in other countries.

Pam Cusick, vice-president, Rare Patient Voice, said: “Patients and clients have requested that we expand into other countries for years, so we finally took the leap.”