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Position of EHA on the Harmonization of Training and Education in Europe

 

The challenge
Education and training are largely national competencies.

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Position of EHA on Clinical Trials

 

The challenge
In Europe, the number of clinical trials is steadily decreasing. From 2007 to 2010, their number has decreased by some 20 percent from 5,028 to 4,193.

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Position of EHA on Personalized Medicine

 

The challenge
Despite its apparent complexity, personalized medicine could transform healthcare, by tailoring healthcare solutions to the individual patient, delivering ‘the right treatment to the right patient at the right time’ – and helping to get more value from healthcare spending.…

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Targeting the B-cell Receptor in Aggressive B-cell Lymphomas

In collaboration with Dr. Lou Staudt, Pharmacyclics and associate investigators, we performed a clinical trial of a very potent inhibitor of Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) called ibrutinib.

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Press release: Work of 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winners to be presented at the 18th Congress of the European Hematology Association in Stockholm, June 13-16, 2013

With the Scientific Working Group for Stem Cells, the 18th Congress of EHA took the opportunity to acknowledge the work of the 2013 winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology, Drs John B.

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EU commissioner Tonio Borg: 'we will continue to improve the life of people suffering from Thalassaemia'

 

Today, May 8, is International Thalassemia Day. Today, we seek to enhance the awareness and knowledge of thalassemia and other hemoglobin disorders.

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Hematopoietic stem cells: New results to be presented at the 18th Congress of the EHA

During ageing, this fine-tuned regulatory network may become altered, leading to abnormal HSC regulation. The functional quality of HSCs decreases with age partly due to an accumulation of damaged DNA, leading to an increased incidence of hematological malignancies.

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Promising results in trials with non-chemotherapy treatments for Leukemias to be presented at the 18th Congress of the European Hematology Association in Stockholm, June 13-16, 2013

What is new? Current investigations are aimed at evaluating the use of monoclonal antibodies (mAB). These mABs bind to specific molecules (antigens) found on leukemic cells. This results in immune destruction of the leukemic cells.

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Exciting developments in Lymphoma (lymphnode cancer) and Myeloma (plasma cell cancer) to be presented at European Hematology Congress in Stockholm, June 13-16, 2013

Myeloma, until recently a fatal bone marrow malignancy with a short survival time, is now turning into a chronic disease.

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Major Conference: innovation and patient access to personalised medicine

The meeting will bring together researchers, patients, physicians, regulators and politicians, to explore the current barriers and how they can be dismantled.

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