williams syndrome but she still has a normal life expectancy for not is it if you're affected by red izzy's it means 1st and foremost that you have to search parents tell us what an enormous burden it is for them to know that something is wrong with their child and not get an answer as to what it means and where it leads the way with words when. the pharmaceutical industry focuses on the development of therapies for common diseases secrets from the association of research based pharmaceutical companies says this is the right approach. for now nobody is responsible for basic research we have a total of $30000.00 diseases 628000 of them are rare in view of that i think it's obvious that the pharmaceutical industry cannot tackle all diseases at the same time. con research spending by governments in the pharmaceutical sector has been rising for years there are a must to achieve the e.u.'s lisbon target of 3 percent of gross domestic product germany austria and switzerland together and. asked about 120000000000 euros in research and development every year. however those affected by rare diseases

izzy is wearing a red couture doll dress. >> melissa, tell us the secret of how izzy has overcome soit. thank you so much. >> on behalf of izzy, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. thanks for bringing her in all the way from california. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> congratulations. [ applause ] >> and we have to move on to our next category. >> this is a big one. i love this one. >> it's odd couple. it's unlikely pairs that are in fact the perfect match. the nominees are -- rescued by the spca waffles and hemingway saved from the un-san think conditions often a farm waffles was a bit of a handful but his bff hemingway calms him down. ponzu's human had no plans to get a bird until mango landed on the roof. now loves getting rides on ponzu's back and ponzu loves to oblige. friendship comes in all different shapes and species. minnow is a rescue dog born in south korea and blossom saved from a commercial turkey farm, the two instantly bonding from the first time they met becoming best friends. their humans hope the unlikely friendship inspires kindness. [ cheers and app