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Dutch scientists propose algorithm to keep drugs affordable and accessible

May 8, 2018, The Hague - An important contribution to the debate about the affordability and accessibility of innovative medicines appeared in Nature Reviews, proposing the adoption of a novel model of price setting with examples of implementation.

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Gdf -11 a new target to improve anemia in thalassemia.

 

β-thalassemias are characterized by ineffective red blood cell (RBC) production, leading to anemia, iron overload, and organ failure. As current treatment options for β-thalassemia are limited, there is a clear unmet need for alternative therapies.

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Can Eltrombopag help children with ITP say goodbye to bleeding?

 

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a rare disease in children, affecting 5 in 100,000. Most children get better quickly without intervention but up to 30% will still have disease at 12 months.

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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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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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EHA returns to Cairo with the Highlights of the 24th EHA Congress

The 4th Highlights of Past EHA (HOPE) Middle East & North Africa (MENA) took place (for the third time) in Cairo, Egypt, organized in collaboration with the Pan Arab Hematology Association (PAHA) and hosted by the Egyptian Society of Hematology…

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Horizon 2020: The European Commission proposes the successor to Framework Programme 7

Horizons 2020 will pay “particular attention to ensuring a broad approach to innovation, which is not only limited to the development of new products and services on the basis of scientific and technological breakthroughs, but which also incorporates aspects such…

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Urgent action needed to avoid widespread shortage of in-vitro diagnostic tests

In a new statement, BioMed Alliance highlights its increasing concern about the availability of In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) testing devices in Europe.

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The 'i4MDS' consortium looks to the future at its second general meeting

Feb 29 2024 Posted in Meeting reports Tagged i4MDS

The International Integrative Innovative Immunology for Myelodysplastic Neoplasms consortium—also known as ‘i4MDS’—held its second general meeting in The Hague from February 9–10, 2024.

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EHA, in partnership with ISTH, award two fellows to support global educational opportunities

EHA and the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH) jointly awarded two joint ISTH-EHA Training Fellowships to Araci Rondon (The Netherlands) and Dianne van der Wal (Australia).

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