SWG Educational Activities

EHA Congress, Frankfurt 2023:

Guidelines presentation on anti-thrombotic treatment in hemophilia
SWG Symposium on Bleeding and Thrombosis

Joint webinar with the SWG on Thrombocytopenias and Platelet Function Disorders, October 2023.

EHA Statement on COVID-19 Vaccines

Publications

Dexamethasone treatment for COVID-19 is related to increased mortality in hematologic malignancy patients: results from the EPICOVIDEHA registry
Aiello TF, Salmanton-Garcia J, Marchesi F, et al. Haematologica. 2024 Aug 1;109(8):2693-2700.

ABT-199: Novel Bcl-2 specific inhibitor updated results confirm substantial activity and durable responses in high-risk CLL.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in adults in the Western world and is diagnosed in approximately 5 persons per 100,000 population per year.

Mini-hormone fights iron

Iron overload commonly leads to organ damage and even death. Currently available treatments for iron overload are burdensome or cause side effects.

First randomized evidence for kinase inhibitor activity in acute myeloid leukemia

Despite the success of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in some forms of leukemias such as chronic myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia, until now a kinase inhibitor had yet to demonstrate activity in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).