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Genome sequencing of thousands of patients with rare blood disorders
Approximately 3M people have a rare bleeding disorder or disease of platelets, which are the cell fragments that help blood clot. The genetic causes of dozens of such disorders are known (e. g.
Read moreDaratumumab Shows Remarkable Benefit in Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma in the POLLUX Study
Daratumumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody that binds to a novel target on myeloma cells.
Read moreStopping tyrosine kinase inhibitors in a very large cohort of European chronic myeloid leukemia patients: results of the EURO-SKI trial
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) have substantially improved survival in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase. However, treatment is in clinical practice considered life-long.
Read morePress Release "Crucial Directives must be revised to protect patients' interests and improve access to treatment"
This was a key message of a two-day conference, “Haematology and the next European decade”, hosted by the European Parliament and attended by doctors, researchers, parliamentarians, patients’ organisations and Commission officials.
Read morePress Release: Better funding for research into blood diseases will save more lives
“Haematology is probably the area of medicine that has progressed the most in recent years”, said Professor Robin Foà of “La Sapienza” University of Rome.
Read moreSWG Educational Activities
MeetingsSWG meetingsThe SWG on Transfusions holds monthly meetings. EHA CongressOne focus is support for all activities of the EHA Congress. At the EHA 2023 Congress, which was held in Frankfurt, some sessions on transfusion were supported virtually.
Read moreRegulatory affairs & scientific relations
EHA’s regulatory work: European Medicines AgencyMost of EHA’s regulatory work entails collaboration with the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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