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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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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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Major Conference: innovation and patient access to personalised medicine

The meeting will bring together researchers, patients, physicians, regulators and politicians, to explore the current barriers and how they can be dismantled.

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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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Report Drug Shortages to EHA

In an effort to mitigate shortages of hematologic drugs in Europe, EHA is collecting and compiling reports of shortages. Are you experiencing, or foreseeing drug shortages in your clinical practice?

Please report those to drugshortage@ehaweb. org.

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European Hematology Association tentatively responds to the European Commission’s proposal to improve clinical research

In addition, the regulation appears to accommodate multi-national trials with, for instance, a harmonized authorization dossier, and a single submission system.

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How malignant cells in patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia escape T cell recognition and attack

T cell activation is essential for immunity including the recognition and killing of abnormal target cells such as cancerous cells.

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Report "Haematology and the next European Decade"

EHA and the European Cancer Patient Coalition co-hosted a meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels on August 30-31, 2011. The two-day conference was attended by doctors, researchers, parliamentarians, patient advocates and Commission officials.

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5th Focus in Paediatric Haematology-Oncology

The course, which is particularly aimed at specialist trainees in pediatric haemato-oncology, continued the same ethos which inspired the first four courses: the importance of close interactions between the participants and the teaching faculty, a strong emphasis on real cases…

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