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Update on EU4Health Calls and Contracts for 2024

The European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) has published the tentative calendar for the EU4Health program calls and contracts for 2024.

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Addition of obinutuzumab (GA101) or rituximab to chlorambucil improves outcomes for elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and co-existing medical conditions (comorbidities)

CLL is the most common leukemia in the western world. Many CLL patients are elderly and have comorbidities rendering them ineligible for aggressive standard treatments.

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SGN-CD33A Combined with Hypomethylating Therapy Produces High Remission Rates among Older Patients with AML

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive form of blood cancer in which the majority of cases express CD33 on the surface of the leukemia cells.

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Killer antibodies against AML

Most patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can only be cured when a stem cell transplant induces an immune response against the patient’s leukemia.

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Highlights from the SWG

EHA2023 CongressThe EHA2023 Congress was held in Frankfurt, Germany, in June 2023. Guideline sessionTitle‘The European Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of Neutropenia in Adults and Children.

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Call for urgent action on medicine shortages in Europe

Medicine shortages are an increasing problem across Europe, posing a severe threat to patient outcomes and patient safety. In a new position paper the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) presents nine recommendations for addressing the shortages crisis.

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Madrid Declaration: joint call for action on training requirements

The Madrid Declaration on enhanced training requirements for hematologists in the Professional Qualifications Directive enjoyed broad support from national society representatives at the EHA22 National Societies Dinner in Madrid.

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Sanquin Blood Supply will culture erythrocytes for transfusion purposes

ABO-Rh-D matched transfusions result in alloimmunisation in 3-5% of recipients. Once allo-immunized, it may become very difficult to find appropriate donor erythrocytes, especially when multiple antibodies or rare combinations of antibodies are present.

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Standards for functional precision medicine project update, December 2023

A project update from Prof Philipp Staber. We're confident that we'll successfully finish our SWG-initiated small research project, ‘standards for functional precision medicine (StFPM),’ within the next six months.

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