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“Follow your dreams! Go for it!” – Verena Gaidzik, woman in hematology/EHA volunteer
Verena Gaidzik is a physician scientist in the department of Internal Medicine III (Head: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Döhner) at the University Hospital of Ulm. She has board certifications in internal medicine, hematology and oncology as well as palliative medicine.
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January 2025New medicines recommended for approval
Rytelo (imetelstat sodium) - orphan
Treatment of anemia (low levels of red blood cells)
Zefylti (filgrastim) – biosimilar
Treatment of neutropenia (low level of white blood cells) in patients having chemotherapy or a bone marrow transplant
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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.
Read moreIbrutinib improves survival in CLL and SLL patients: Results From the RESONATE Study.
Patients with chronic lymphoid leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) who experience short response duration or adverse cytogenetics have poor outcomes.
EHA-Balkan Hematology Tutorial on Lymphoid Malignancies
“EHA and the Albanian Association of Hematology have jointly decided to postpone the first EHA-Balkan Hematology Tutorial in response to a request from the Albanian government to limit all international meetings.
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Past EHA (HOPE) Asia 2021 meeting 10-11 September 2021, Virutal
Speakers
Laane - Systematic review of literature on multiple myeloma EHA evidence-based “Guidelines for the use of patient-reported outcomes in adult patients with hematological malignancies” in progress - Systematic review of literature…
Acute 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.
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