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EHA-funded study in The Lancet Haematology: Economic Burden of Blood Disorders in EU is €23 billion

In Europe blood disorders affect around 80 million people. The total cost of blood disorders consists of healthcare expenditure (€15. 6 billion), productivity loss due to illness and mortality (€5. 6 billion), and the costs of informal care (€1.

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National Societies and EHA join forces for Ukraine

The European Hematology Association (EHA) and the European National Societies for Hematology want to express again, and publicly, their profound solidarity with the Ukrainian Hematology Society, and with Ukrainian hematology patients and their families.

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HARMONY: Big data for better and faster treatment

HARMONY Alliance: A European Network of Excellence for Big Data in Hematology - Enabling Better and Faster Treatment based on Big Data technologies
Despite data being a key driver for modern evidence-based medicine, we have been struggling with the same challenge for…

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European Board for Accreditation in Hematology

Current committee members
Harry Schouten, The Netherlands (Chair)
Anna Porwit, Sweden (Vice-Chair)
Gunnar Birgegård, Sweden, General skills and ethics
Peter van den Burg, The Netherlands, Transfusion Medicine (ISBT)
Eleni Gavriilaki, Greece (Representative clinical hematology)
Michelle Kenyon, United Kingdom, Specialized Hematology Professional (EBMT Nurses Group)
Fionnuala Ní Áinle,…

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Press Release: News on Red Cells and Iron presented at the 18th Congress of the European Hematology Asscociation in Stockholm June 13-16, 2013

Recent evidence suggests that these congenital anaemias are caused by molecular abnormalities in the transport of iron and other molecules and a deeper understanding of these mechanisms may lead to a better knowledge of the normal development of the red…

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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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