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Patient Advocacy Committee

Current committee members
Derek Elston, United Kingdom (Chair)
Samantha Nier, Switzerland (Vice-chair)
Loris Brunetta, Italy (Vice-chair)
Members representing a Patient Advocacy Organization

Organization
Member

Acute Leukaemia Advocates Network (ALAN)

Samantha Nier

CCI Europe

Anita Kienesberger

CLL Advocates Network (CLLAN)

Pierre Aumont

CML Advocates Network

Jan Geissler

European Federation of Associations of Patients with Haemochromatosis (EFAPH)

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Data Analysis and Interpretation WG

Responsibilities:
Managing and analyzing data centrally. Planning and implementing the necessary infrastructure and data transfer agreements.

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Adolescents and young adults (AYA)

Spotlight on AYAAdolescents and young adults (AYA) with hematologic diseases are a unique group with special characteristics and needs. In recent years, the challenges related to the management of AYA (particularly in relation to cancer) have increasingly been recognized.

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First CMML guidelines produced by EHA, now available

Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is a rare disease with overlapping features of two categories of bone marrow and blood cell disorders that poses challenges in clinical management.

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Selected EMA news

February 2025New medicines recommended for approval
Dyrupeg (pegfilgrastim) – biosimilar
Treatment to shorten the duration of neutropenia and help prevent febrile neutropenia after cytotoxic chemotherapy

Eltrombopag Accord (eltrombopag) – generic
Treatment of primary immune thrombocytopenia and thrombocytopenia associated with chronic hepatitis C
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Highlights of Past EHA (HOPE) Latin America 2021

For the third edition of the Highlights of Past EHA (HOPE) Latin America (LA), EHA will organize a truly regional meeting by collaborating simultaneously with our hematology partners from the region.

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Highlights from the SWG

SWG AML Annual Scientific MeetingThe most recent SWG AML Annual Scientific Meeting took place during the annual EHA Congress in Frankfurt, Germany.

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