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Position of EHA on Access to Medicines

 

There are many factors that compromise patient access to medicine. First and foremost, for a drug to be available, one has to be developed.

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Position of EHA on Clinical Trials

 

The challenge
In Europe, the number of clinical trials is steadily decreasing. From 2007 to 2010, their number has decreased by some 20 percent from 5,028 to 4,193.

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Pomalidomide prolongs survival in refractory myeloma patients

MM-003 is a large, multi-centre phase 3 study that assessed the efficacy and safety of a new drug, Pomalidomide (POM) in combination with low-dose dexamethasone (POM+LoDex) and compared this combination with high dose dexamethasone in MM patients with late stage…

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Daratumumab, a CD38 monoclonal antibody study in advanced multiple myeloma – an open-label, dose escalation followed by open-label extension in a single-arm phase I/II study

Daratumumab is a human CD38 monoclonal antibody being tested against multiple myeloma, but it could also have potential in a broad range of other hematological diseases.

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Addition of obinutuzumab (GA101) or rituximab to chlorambucil improves outcomes for elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and co-existing medical conditions (comorbidities)

CLL is the most common leukemia in the western world. Many CLL patients are elderly and have comorbidities rendering them ineligible for aggressive standard treatments.

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Hematopoietic stem cells: New results to be presented at the 18th Congress of the EHA

During ageing, this fine-tuned regulatory network may become altered, leading to abnormal HSC regulation. The functional quality of HSCs decreases with age partly due to an accumulation of damaged DNA, leading to an increased incidence of hematological malignancies.

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Wide Consensus Reached at Irish Presidency Conference on ‘Innovation and Patient Access to Personalised Medicine'

DUBLIN, March 25: Wide consensus emerged at the Irish Presidency Conference on ‘Innovation and Patient Access to Personalised Medicine’ on the need for radical change if Europe's approach to healthcare is to benefit from the potential of personalised medicine.

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Proposal for an EU Regulation on Clinical Trials: A joint statement from non-commercial and commercial organisations

This statement outlines the areas of agreement within the health and research communities on where the Regulation will improve the research environment. Aspects of the Regulation that could be improved to further support clinical research are also highlighted.

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Personalized medicine promises radical improvements to healthcare in Europe

And the precision that personalised medicine will bring good prospects for better use of resources.

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Professor Degos awarded at the 17th Congress of EHA in Amsterdam

Professor Degos has made a major contribution, to our understanding of the pathogenesis and treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), to international public health and to the EHA.

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