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In memoriam Daniel Catovsky

Professor Daniel Catovsky MD DSc
19. 9. 1937 – 2. 12. 2022

Daniel Catovsky died peacefully in December at the age of 85 years.

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5th Focus in Paediatric Haematology-Oncology

The course, which is particularly aimed at specialist trainees in pediatric haemato-oncology, continued the same ethos which inspired the first four courses: the importance of close interactions between the participants and the teaching faculty, a strong emphasis on real cases…

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Leading Medical Organizations Join Forces Globally to Launch First-Ever World Thrombosis Day

“We must reduce the burden from thrombosis if we are to achieve the World Health Assembly’s global target of reducing mortality from premature non-communicable disease by 25 percent by 2025,” said Gary Raskob, Ph. D.

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“Complement-ing” positive outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Dr Dimitrios Mastellos (@dmastellos)

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on research worldwide. Multiple projects have been halted and researchers have lost their jobs.

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Current status of the Clinical Trials Regulation

HemAffairs Article #2 – June 2019

In 2014 the European Parliament approved the Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) that is supposed to replace the Clinical Trials Directive (CTD) from 2001. Five years later, the regulation has not yet become applicable.

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New data exchange platform on rare diseases

The European Commission (EC) launched a new online knowledge-sharing platform – the European Platform on Rare Disease Registration (EU RD Platform) – on February 28, 2019.

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Meeting Report: European School of Haematology International Conference of Haematological Disorders in the Elderly

The meeting started by reviewing demographic aspects, physiological changes encountered in the elderly, as well as the definition of older and elderly people, frailty and comorbidity.

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In Memoriam Anneke Brand

Picture: Ineke Oostveen

 

On Sunday, November 21, 2021, Anneke Brand, MD, PhD, emeritus professor at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), passed away suddenly. The European Hematology Association community is deeply saddened by Anneke’s passing.

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Highlights from the SWG

On November 24, 2022, the SWG on Red Cells and Iron held its annual Business meeting virtually which was chaired by Prof. Ali Taher and Prof. Achille Iolascon.

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