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May 8 - International Thalassaemia Day

Every year on the 8th May, Thalassaemia International Federation commemorates the International Thalassaemia Day and organises activities for raising awareness about the genetic blood disorder of thalassaemia, on general topics regarding its prevention, management and cure.

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Immunotherapy delivered by Blinatumomab improves survival in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia patients

Adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) can achieve disease control in 90% of cases with intense chemotherapy but only half of these responders will be cured.

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IVDR

As of May 26, 2022, the new EU In Vitro Diagnostic medical devices Regulation (IVDR) comes into effect.

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European Affairs Committee

Committee members
Elizabeth Macintyre, France (Chair)
Antonio Almeida, Portugal
Natacha Bolaños, Spain (Patient advocate)
Lorenzo Brunetti, Italy
Raffaella Colombatti, Italy
Julio Delgado, Spain
Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, France (Advisory member)
Tarec El-Galaly, Denmark
Martin Kaiser, Germany
Frank Leebeek, The Netherlands (Advisory member)
Kate Morgan, United Kingdom (Patient advocate)
Marek Mraz, Czech Republic
Kostas Stamatopoulos, Greece
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2018’s Sjöberg Prize awarded for unique treatment that cures a once fatal cancer

Dr. Zhu Chen, Dr. Anne Dejean and Dr. Hugues de Thé will be awarded the Sjöberg Prize 2018 for their work on how acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) could be cured based on arsenic and retinoic acid.

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