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Breakthrough results in European multicenter trial on acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL): no more chemotherapy?
APL is a rare, yet aggressive, subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) characterized by a maturation arrest of white blood cell precursors in the marrow, leading to a shortage of normal white cells and platelets in the blood, which is…
Read moreProposal for an EU Regulation on Clinical Trials: A joint statement from non-commercial and commercial organisations
This statement outlines the areas of agreement within the health and research communities on where the Regulation will improve the research environment. Aspects of the Regulation that could be improved to further support clinical research are also highlighted.
Read moreReport Drug Shortages to EHA
In an effort to mitigate shortages of hematologic drugs in Europe, EHA is collecting and compiling reports of shortages. Are you experiencing, or foreseeing drug shortages in your clinical practice?
Please report those to drugshortage@ehaweb. org.
International Call to Action to Alleviate Drug Shortages
The common call to action seeks first to raise awareness of shortages of drugs among hematologists.
Read moreJosé Carreras Award handed out at the 17th Congress of EHA
He has made seminal contributions to myeloma cell biology. These included studies of the diagnostic and prognostic roles of immunophenotyping, morphology and molecular genetics together with investigation of disease evolution and the significance of minimal residual disease.
Read moreAcute 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.
Read moreHow malignant cells in patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia escape T cell recognition and attack
T cell activation is essential for immunity including the recognition and killing of abnormal target cells such as cancerous cells.
Read moreEMA Issues Call for Expressions of Interest for Drug Safety Studies
The purpose of this call is to enable the EMA to obtain fast and reliable answers to questions on safety or benefit/risk concerns, and ultimately facilitating regulatory decision-making.
Read moreEHA supports the European Medicines Agency's investigation into risk based quality management of clinical trials
EHA has responded to the EMA’s call for comments on the reflection paper on February 15.
Read moreReport "Haematology and the next European Decade"
EHA and the European Cancer Patient Coalition co-hosted a meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels on August 30-31, 2011. The two-day conference was attended by doctors, researchers, parliamentarians, patient advocates and Commission officials.
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