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Dexamethasone treatment for COVID-19 is related to increased mortality in hematologic malignancy patients: results from the EPICOVIDEHA registry
Aiello TF, Salmanton-Garcia J, Marchesi F, et al. Haematologica. 2024 Aug 1;109(8):2693-2700.

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EU calls for proposal 2023

IntroductionHorizon Europe is the research and innovation programme of the EU for the period 2021-2027. The programme facilitates research collaboration and strengthens the impact of R&I in developing, supporting and implementing EU policies while tackling global challenges.

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Update on EU4Health Calls and Contracts for 2024

The European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) has published the tentative calendar for the EU4Health program calls and contracts for 2024.

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7th European CAR T-cell Meeting

The European Hematology Association (EHA) and the EBMT are excited to announce the 7th edition of the jointly organized European CAR T-cell Meeting.

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SWG Educational Activities

EICMLThe 2023 EICML meeting took place in Naples in May 2023. Fifty-five physicians and scientists met at the Palazzo Alabardieri in central Naples to spend two days discussing emerging data and developing collaborations.

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Mini-hormone fights iron

Iron overload commonly leads to organ damage and even death. Currently available treatments for iron overload are burdensome or cause side effects.

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Selected EMA news

January 2025New medicines recommended for approval
Rytelo (imetelstat sodium) - orphan
Treatment of anemia (low levels of red blood cells)
Zefylti (filgrastim) – biosimilar
Treatment of neutropenia (low level of white blood cells) in patients having chemotherapy or a bone marrow transplant
New…

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First randomized evidence for kinase inhibitor activity in acute myeloid leukemia

Despite the success of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in some forms of leukemias such as chronic myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia, until now a kinase inhibitor had yet to demonstrate activity in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: impressive results with the monoclonal antibody blinatumomab

The Phase 2 dose-ranging study MT103-206 evaluated the efficacy, safety and tolerability of blinatumomab in adult patients with B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia who had relapsed following treatment with standard front-line chemotherapy or allogeneic stem cell transplant.

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ABT-199: Novel Bcl-2 specific inhibitor updated results confirm substantial activity and durable responses in high-risk CLL.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in adults in the Western world and is diagnosed in approximately 5 persons per 100,000 population per year.

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