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Current status of the Clinical Trials Regulation

HemAffairs Article #2 – June 2019

In 2014 the European Parliament approved the Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) that is supposed to replace the Clinical Trials Directive (CTD) from 2001. Five years later, the regulation has not yet become applicable.

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Mini-hormone fights iron

Iron overload commonly leads to organ damage and even death. Currently available treatments for iron overload are burdensome or cause side effects.

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A European Reference Network for Rare Hematological Diseases

You may have heard of European Reference Networks (ERNs). But most likely you have not. ERNs are networks of specialized hospital departments and research centers to treat rare or low-prevalent complex diseases.

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Stopping tyrosine kinase inhibitors in a very large cohort of European chronic myeloid leukemia patients: results of the EURO-SKI trial

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) have substantially improved survival in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase. However, treatment is in clinical practice considered life-long.

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Position of EHA on Personalized Medicine

 

The challenge
Despite its apparent complexity, personalized medicine could transform healthcare, by tailoring healthcare solutions to the individual patient, delivering ‘the right treatment to the right patient at the right time’ – and helping to get more value from healthcare spending.…

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EU health policy: limited scope, high ambition

Over the past decades, the European Union (EU) has become more involved in public health policy. A recent study showed that a majority of policymakers even identifies EU health policy as a priority for 2020-20241.

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