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THALIA2018-2021 | Europe Is Seeing A Surge In Thalassaemia, Project Results Show
“Although thalassemia has always been endemic in Europe, especially in southern European countries such as Cyprus, Greece and Italy, the disease now knows no borders and constitutes an increasing health,…
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Blood Under The Microscope Of The European Commission: An Article by TIF’s Executive Director
by Dr Androulla Eleftheriou The European Commission published in October 2019 the Evaluation Report of the European legal framework for quality standards and blood, tissues and cells. This framework is…
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EU Approves Adakveo to Treat Vaso Occlusive Crises in Sickle Cell Disease Patients
The European Commission has approved Novartis’ Adakveo (crizanlizumab) as a preventive treatment for recurrent Vaso-Occlusive Crises (VOCs) in patients, 16 and older, with sickle cell disease (SCD). This approval follows a recommendation for conditional approval issued in July…
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Novartis sickle cell drug Adakveo put on path to EU approval
Novartis announced last Friday that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive opinion recommending conditional marketing authorization of Adakveo® (crizanlizumab)…
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TIF Position Statement on the Use of DEHP Plasticisers in Medical Devices
The safety concerns linked to the use of DEHP plasticizers, a manufactured chemical common in blood bags and PVC intravenous fluid sets, has been explored – and even questioned –…
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European Commission Approves Reblozyl for the Treatment of Transfusion-dependent β-Thalassaemia
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) & Acceleron Pharma announced today that the European Commission approved Reblozyl (luspatercept) for the treatment of Transfusion-Dependent β-#Thalassaemia (TDT) in adult patients. Reblozyl has the potential to…
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