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Genome sequencing of thousands of patients with rare blood disorders

Approximately 3M people have a rare bleeding disorder or disease of platelets, which are the cell fragments that help blood clot. The genetic causes of dozens of such disorders are known (e. g.

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SWG Committee

Current committee members
Konstanze Döhner, Germany (Chair (EHA Board member))
Dominique Bonnet, United Kingdom (Vice-Chair)
Immacolata Andolfo, Italy
Igor Aurer, Croatia
Raul Cordoba, Spain
Hermann Einsele, Germany
Eleni Gavriilaki, Greece (Representative, Young EHA Committee)
Kirsten Gronbaek, Denmark (EHA Board)
Esther Oliva, Italy
Marc Raaijmakers, The Netherlands
Josef Vormoor, The Netherlands
Aim
The SWG…

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SWG Educational Activities

During the annual meeting of EHA, a scientific session was organized: “Mesenchymal stromal cells: guardians of tissue homeostasis”.

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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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Daratumumab Shows Remarkable Benefit in Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma in the POLLUX Study

Daratumumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody that binds to a novel target on myeloma cells.

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EHA joins ESMO in calling for EU action on shortages of essential medicines

EHA joins ESMO in calling for EU action on shortages of essential medicines

The European Hematology Association (EHA) has endorsed and signed a collective Call to Action, prepared by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), on shortages of inexpensive, essential…

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Multiple Myeloma: EHA-ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Follow-up

These Guidelines were developed by the European Hematology Association (EHA) and European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). The 2 societies nominated authors to write the guidelines as well as reviewers to comment on them.

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Regulatory affairs & scientific relations

EHA’s regulatory work: European Medicines AgencyMost of EHA’s regulatory work entails collaboration with the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

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