Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) is pleased to announce that Katie Joyner and Kate Morgan have been appointed as joint Chief Executive Officers (CEO). The MPE Board of Directors unanimously made this decision based on the…
March is Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month. This incurable disease affects increasingly young adult generation. In Europe, more than 50.900 people were diagnosed with myeloma in 2020[1]. Patient organisations from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)…
One of the MPE Spanish members, the Spanish Amyloidosis Association (AMILO), last month celebrated its fifth anniversary by recognising the support and help other organisations have given them during these five years. MPE is pleased…
Job Title: Medical and Scientific Officer Position Type: Mini-job Probation period: six months Location: Germany Gross salary: 520 € monthly (approximately 43 hours a month) Tasks and core responsibilities (non-exhaustive and subject to change depending…
THE IMI T2EVOLVE Project and the Horizon 2020 QUALITOP Project have launched a European patient survey on CAR-T treatment. The survey aims to inform on patient and carer experiences and challenges of receiving CAR-T and…
Funding for Daratumumab was recently approved in Israel for the treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) patients in first line treatment, in large part thanks to a strong collaboration between the MPE Israeli member,…
Influenza (i.e. “flu”) and pneumococcal vaccinations positively impact the outcomes of myeloma patients. This is the central conclusion in the article Rates of Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination and Correlation with Survival in Multiple Myeloma (MM) Patients:…
Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) is attending the 64th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, the biggest haematology congress, held from 9 to 13 December in New Orleans (United States). MPE has interviewed haematology experts to summarise…