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Tackling Sickle Cell Disease: the need for a European approach

Elvie Ingoli, president of the German association of SCD and thalassemia patients, at the 7th EAPM Presidency Conference in Brussels. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is relatively new to many parts of Europe.

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European registry on inherited platelet disorders project, February 2025

A project update from Prof Paolo Gresele. We successfully completed the CRF harmonization phase and are now in the process of finalizing and launching the registry platform.

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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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Sanquin Blood Supply will culture erythrocytes for transfusion purposes

ABO-Rh-D matched transfusions result in alloimmunisation in 3-5% of recipients. Once allo-immunized, it may become very difficult to find appropriate donor erythrocytes, especially when multiple antibodies or rare combinations of antibodies are present.

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Position of EHA on Research Funding

 

The challenge
The cost of biomedical research is great, but the cost of disease is immense. An ageing population and expensive innovations in medicine put an increasing burden on already stressed healthcare budgets.

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Statement

The European Hematology Association (EHA), a dedicated community of healthcare professionals, who work tirelessly "Towards prevention, cure, and quality of life for all patients with blood disorders", expresses its deep concern and sorrow over the ongoing violence and humanitarian crisis…

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EHA remembers Tessa Holyoake

The Hague, September 2017

We received the sad news of Professor Tessa Holyoake’s passing. Tessa Holyoake was a Professor of Experimental Hematology and the Head of the Paul O'Gorman Leukemia Research Centre.

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Revision of the EU’s pharmaceutical legislation

Background on the reformIn April 2023, the European Commission (EC) published two proposals to revise the existing (and outdated) pharmaceutical legislation. This includes legislation on medicines for children and rare diseases.

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