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Effective treatment of aging patients with hematological diseases discussed during SWG Aging meeting in Poland

The progress in the field of aging and the optimal and rational approaches of "fit" and "unfit" older patients with malignant hemopathies was the focus of the three-day EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on Aging and Hematology held on October 12-14, 2018 in…

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EHA and EBMT joint meeting on CAR T cells, first of its kind in Europe

The European Hematology Association (EHA) and European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) will hold the first European CAR T Cell Meeting together in Paris on February 14-16, 2019.

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Patient organizations

EHA greatly values the collaboration with patient organizations in a growing number of areas, from joint advocacy and a strong presence at the EHA Annual Congress – with a prominent place for the EHA-Patient Joint Symposium on policy and regulatory…

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Nikolai Klimko 1956-2023

Professor Nikolai Klimko 

Professor Nikolai Klimko, MD PhD, FECMM
March 22, 1956 - March 30, 2023

With deepest sorrow we learned that on March 30, 2023, Professor Nikolai Nikolaevich Klimko passed at age 68.

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Tackling Sickle Cell Disease: the need for a European approach

Elvie Ingoli, president of the German association of SCD and thalassemia patients, at the 7th EAPM Presidency Conference in Brussels. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is relatively new to many parts of Europe.

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Clinical Practice Guidelines

EHA creates clinical practice Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of hematologic diseases. This initiative started in 2019 with the establishment of the EHA Guidelines Committee and the definition of the EHA Methodology for Guidelines.

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Publications

The 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours: Myeloid and Histiocytic/Dendritic Neoplasms.

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New data exchange platform on rare diseases

The European Commission (EC) launched a new online knowledge-sharing platform – the European Platform on Rare Disease Registration (EU RD Platform) – on February 28, 2019.

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Uptake of CAR T cell therapy in Europe

Feb 05 2019 Posted in Advocacy news Tagged CAR T

Gene (editing) therapy continues to break ground in hematology, showing promising results in tackling severe blood cancers. Yet, its uptake in the European Union is slow, with few patients benefiting from it so far.

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