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EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on Immunotherapy for Hematological Disorders

EHA and the Scientific Working Group on Immunotherapy for Hematological Disorders are happy to announce the redesigned fully virtual meeting program to meet the needs of hematologists and immunologists in these challenging times.

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Improved survival for adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) patients

Historical survival for patients 18-45 years with ALL is approximately 40 %. However the event free survival for ALL patients 18-45 years has improved to 73% following implementation of the NOPHO ALL2008 protocol in July 2008.

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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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Previous awards

Before the introduction of its current awards program, EHA honored:

Leaders in hematological research through the José Carreras Award (from 1999)
Outstanding physicians and scientists by means of the Jean Bernard Lifetime Achievement Award (from 2008)
In 2018, two further awards were introduced…

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Addressing immunoglobulin shortages: EHA and EBA’s strategic recommendations at the EMA

In recent years, shortages of immunoglobulins (Ig) have become a growing concern in the European Union (EU). Since 2018, the European Medicines Agency (EMA)—the EU agency that evaluates and supervises medicines—has received an increasing number of shortage reports.

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Turning thoughts into reality

Turning thoughts into reality
By Dr Adi Zoref (@ZorefAdi)

I am an Israeli physician, trained in internal medicine. During my residency rotation in hematology at Meir Medical Center, I met a patient who changed my life.

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