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Anna Vardi Physician Scientist Research Grant winner 2018

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I am Anna Vardi. I am currently working as a Consultant Hematologist at the Hematology Department and HCT Unit, G. Papanikolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, under the Directorship of Dr.

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15th Annual Sickle Cell and Thalassemia & 1st EHA European Sickle Cell Conference

October 26-31, 2020 | Virtual Global Conference

Steering Committee: B Andemariam, A Campbell, M Cappellini, S Chakravorty,  R Colombatti, B Inusa, R Kesse-Adu, D Rees, A Taher, M Treadwell

In the last week of October, consultants and specialist psychologists, nurses, scientists and…

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15th Annual Sickle Cell and Thalassemia & 1st EHA European Sickle Cell Conference

October 26-31, 2020 | Virtual Global Conference

Steering Committee: B Andemariam, A Campbell, M Cappellini, S Chakravorty,  R Colombatti, B Inusa, R Kesse-Adu, D Rees, A Taher, M Treadwell

In the last week of October, consultants and specialist psychologists, nurses, scientists and…

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Immunotherapy delivered by Blinatumomab improves survival in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia patients

Adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) can achieve disease control in 90% of cases with intense chemotherapy but only half of these responders will be cured.

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Selected EMA news

November 2024New medicines recommended for approval
Eltrombopag Viatris (eltrombopag) – generic
Treatment of primary immune thrombocytopenia and thrombocytopenia associated with chronic hepatitis C (disease in which patients have low levels of blood platelets)

Alhemo (concizumab)
Prevention of bleeding in patients with hemophilia A…

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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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