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“Follow your dreams! Go for it!” – Verena Gaidzik, woman in hematology/EHA volunteer

Verena Gaidzik is a physician scientist in the department of Internal Medicine III (Head: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Döhner) at the University Hospital of Ulm. She has board certifications in internal medicine, hematology and oncology as well as palliative medicine.

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Genome sequencing of thousands of patients with rare blood disorders

Approximately 3M people have a rare bleeding disorder or disease of platelets, which are the cell fragments that help blood clot. The genetic causes of dozens of such disorders are known (e. g.

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TARGETING THE JAK-STAT PATHWAY IN MALIGNANT AND NON-MALIGNANT CELLS IN MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are clonal blood disorders characterized by excessive production of mature blood cells. Patients present with large spleens, systemic symptoms, and high levels of circulating inflammatory cytokines.

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Horizon 2020: The European Commission proposes the successor to Framework Programme 7

Horizons 2020 will pay “particular attention to ensuring a broad approach to innovation, which is not only limited to the development of new products and services on the basis of scientific and technological breakthroughs, but which also incorporates aspects such…

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The Clot Thickens

Haemophilia B is a genetic bleeding disorder, affecting approximately 80,000 males worldwide1, caused by an insufficient or dyfunctional blood clotting protein called factor IX (FIX).

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Targeting the B-cell Receptor in Aggressive B-cell Lymphomas

In collaboration with Dr. Lou Staudt, Pharmacyclics and associate investigators, we performed a clinical trial of a very potent inhibitor of Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) called ibrutinib.

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Brussels Declaration on the Recognition of Professional QualificationsThe future of the Harmonisation of the Haematology Curriculum in Europe

On the occasion of the meeting, there was unanimous support for the

“Brussels Declaration on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications” that follows:

The mobility of haematology trainees is of the utmost importance.

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Addressing immunoglobulin shortages: EHA and EBA’s strategic recommendations at the EMA

In recent years, shortages of immunoglobulins (Ig) have become a growing concern in the European Union (EU). Since 2018, the European Medicines Agency (EMA)—the EU agency that evaluates and supervises medicines—has received an increasing number of shortage reports.

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Press Release "Crucial Directives must be revised to protect patients' interests and improve access to treatment"

This was a key message of a two-day conference, “Haematology and the next European decade”, hosted by the European Parliament and attended by doctors, researchers, parliamentarians, patients’ organisations and Commission officials.

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