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February 2025New medicines recommended for approval
Dyrupeg (pegfilgrastim) – biosimilar
Treatment to shorten the duration of neutropenia and help prevent febrile neutropenia after cytotoxic chemotherapy

Eltrombopag Accord (eltrombopag) – generic
Treatment of primary immune thrombocytopenia and thrombocytopenia associated with chronic hepatitis C
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Aging and Hematology

The SWG "Aging and Hematology" has four main goals for the next four years (2019-2023):

To share clinically useful tools in assessing frailty and comorbidities in older adults with hematologic malignancies.

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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.

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EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting "Patient-centered Geriatric Hematology"

EHA & the EHA Scientific Working Group on Hematology and Aging are happy to announce their recent collaboration in organizing a virtual meeting program providing delegates with the latest insights in the field of geriatric hematology, presented by leading hematologists.

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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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