Myeloma and AL amyloidosis ASH 2023 preview

    The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, the world’s largest haematology conference, will take place from 9 – 12 December in San Diego, United States. It is a very exciting event for the myeloma and AL amyloidosis clinical and patient community, with all the results from the latest and most important research being presented. Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) will attend the meeting to learn and share updates about the most significant developments…

ESMO 2023 | Patient Advocacy Track highlights challenges in access, caregiver support and digitalisation

35.000 people attended the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Annual Congress, held from 20 to 24 October in Madrid, Spain, where the latest data in oncology research and development was presented. Along with several updates, mostly in solid tumours, different advocacy topics were discussed as part of the Patient Advocacy Track. Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) was represented by Kate Morgan, MPE Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Lise-lott Eriksson, MPE president who participated in one of…

MPE to present at European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Annual Congress 2023

Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) will present as part of the Patient Advocacy Track at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Annual Congress. The Congress will be held from 20 to 24 October in Madrid, Spain where the latest data in oncology research and development will be presented. Kate Morgan, MPE Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Lise-lott Eriksson, MPE Board President, will each give a talk during the patient advocacy session, “How to improve access to…

Sign up for the MPE webinar on EHA myeloma and AL amyloidosis highlights 

Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) will host a webinar to summarise the most important myeloma and AL amyloidosis updates presented at the congress on 6 July 2023, from 17:00 – 18:00 CET, given by Prof. Dr. Mohamad Mohty, Professor and Head of the Hematology and cellular therapy department at the Saint-Antoine Hospital and Sorbonne University (Paris, France).   If you would like to attend, click here and register now!   The European Hematology Association (EHA) 2023 hybrid congress took place from…

Talquetamab generates high response rate in patients with hard-to-treat myeloma

NEW ORLEANS. New research being presented at the 64th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition focuses on talquetamab in patients with Relapsed/Refractory myeloma. In an early-phase trial, nearly three-quarters of patients who received talquetamab, a first-in-class experimental immunotherapy for myeloma, saw a significant reduction in cancer burden within a few months. The study participants had all been previously treated with at least three different therapies without achieving lasting remission, suggesting talquetamab could offer new…

EHA 2022 highlights in myeloma and AL amyloidosis

  The European Hematology Association’s (EHA) annual congress, one of the most important haematology congresses here in Europe, was held in Vienna, Austria from 9 June to 12 June 2022 in a hybrid format. Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) attended EHA 2022 in person and interviewed relevant myeloma and AL amyloidosis specialists to provide an overview of the key highlights in both diseases presented during this meeting.  

ASH 2021| over 50% of myeloma patients reach minimal residual disease negativity with Isatuximab in combination with RVd

During the 63rd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition a study was presented about a phase III trial for treating myeloma. This treatment supports the current three-drug standard of care with a fourth drug, a monoclonal antibody that is designed to fight cancer while also stimulating the immune system.   According to results from the first primary endpoint of the phase III trial, the patients that have been newly diagnosed with myeloma…