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SGN-CD33A Combined with Hypomethylating Therapy Produces High Remission Rates among Older Patients with AML

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive form of blood cancer in which the majority of cases express CD33 on the surface of the leukemia cells.

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Killer antibodies against AML

Most patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can only be cured when a stem cell transplant induces an immune response against the patient’s leukemia.

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Meeting Program

All times are in GMT-3, local time in Brazil.

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Chairs and Members

Chair (2020–2025 term)Prof Raúl Córdoba (Spain)

Vice-chairProf Valentín Goede (Germany)

SWG Executive Board
Sonja Zweegman (The Netherlands)—interest in multiple myeloma
Tamas Fulop (Canada)—interest in geriatrics and immunology
Giuseppe Rossi (Italy)—interest in indolent lymphomas
Dominique Bron (Belgium)—interest in lymphoma, CLL, and cognitive impairment
Sergio Storti (Italy)—interest in aggressive…

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Meeting Program

EHA-SWG Secondary AML - April 2025



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Promising results in trials with non-chemotherapy treatments for Leukemias to be presented at the 18th Congress of the European Hematology Association in Stockholm, June 13-16, 2013

What is new? Current investigations are aimed at evaluating the use of monoclonal antibodies (mAB). These mABs bind to specific molecules (antigens) found on leukemic cells. This results in immune destruction of the leukemic cells.

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FP9 recommendations BioMed Alliance

With preparations under way for the EU’s next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP9), the BioMed Alliance has called for more robust EU support for health research.

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Major research funding calls are out now

First, the Innovative Medicines Initiative published its final call under the EU Seventh Framework Programme. Interestingly for hematologists, the call includes a project called ‘Blood-based biomarker assays for personalized tumour therapy: value of circulating biomarkers’.

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