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Chairs and Members

ChairPieter Sonneveld (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Members
Niels Abildgaard (Odense, Denmark)
Meral Beksac (Ankara, Turkey)
Luca Berthamini (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Lenka Bešše, Brno (Czech Republic)
Dr Bila (Belgrade, Serbia)
Nicole Brolli (Milano, Italy)
Sara Bringhen (Turin, Italy)
Mario Boccadoro (Turin, Italy)
Anna Maria Brioli (Bologna, Italy)
Annemiek Broyl (Rotterdam, Netherlands)—also Chair of Young…

SWG Educational Activities

In 2021, the SWG on Multiple Myeloma contributed a major part of the ESMO-EHA guidelines for multiple myeloma. The rapid changes of the treatment landscape for this disease require an adaptation of the guidelines.

Highlights from the SWG

Participation in EHA and ASH congresses. Planning of new common trials. Conduct of annual EMSCO meeting in Nice in October 2023.

Publications

Original scientific publications
Lymphopenia confers poorer prognosis in Myelodysplastic Syndromes with very low and low IPSS-M
Fandrei D, Huynh T, Sébert M, Aguinaga L, Bisio V, Kim R, Clappier E, Espéli M, Balabanian K, Moins-Teisserenc H, Toubert A, Dulphy N, Fenaux…

Chairs and Members

Chair (re-appointment, 2023–2026)Josef Vormoor—Professor of Hematological Malignancies in Children, University Medical Center Utrecht (The Netherlands)

Co-chair (re-appointment, 2023–2026)Maria Ester Bernardo—Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Research Unit, San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (Italy)

SWG Steering Committee members (2024–2027 term)
SWG Secretary—Francesco Saglio, AOU Città…

Chairs and Members

The EHA SWG commenced in 2020, but initial work was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We therefore started in 2021, in preparation for a (successful) SWG meeting in 2022.

Publications

Experience With IVDR Implementation in Three Diagnostic Laboratories: Messages to EU Health Institutions, Diagnostic Healthcare Payers, and Authorities

Lubbers, Bart R. ; Dombrink, Isabel; Kalina, Tomas; Hofmans, Mattias; Bruun, Morten S. ; Stanworth, Simon J. ; Béné, Marie C.

EHA Guidelines on Recommendations for Pregnancy in Rare Inherited Anemias

EHA and the Scientific Working Group on Red Cells and Iron organized the first online workshop on the EHA Guidelines: “Recommendations for Pregnancy in Rare Inherited Anemias”.

Fundamentals for a Systematic Approach to Mild and Moderate Inherited Bleeding Disorders: An EHA Consensus Report

Healthy subjects frequently report minor bleedings that are frequently ‘background noise’ of normality rather than a true disorder. Nevertheless, unexpected or unusual bleeding may be alarming.