Helping patients reclaim a life of possibility
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, AMEN, with local haematologists and pharmaceutical companies in Israel. “Health Basket” Each year, the Israel Ministry of Health nominates a Health…
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: Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination in MM, published in Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukaemia. The article outlines an analysis of data…
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 the latest updates on myeloma and AL amyloidosis:
According to a study published in Blood Advances, caregivers of patients undergoing a stem cell transplant cope with high caregiver burden, psychological distress, and worse quality of life.
Myeloma Patient Europe (MPE) has been aware of the lack of clinical trials opening in many Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, as well as inequalities in access with CEE countries for participating in ongoing trials. To gather data on, and further understand the access situation, MPE conducted research on barriers and facilitators to clinical trials, with a specific…
The European Commission has approved marketing authorisation (e.g. a license) for melphalan flufenamide (also called melflufen), a drug marketed in Europe by Oncopeptides with the name of Pepaxti®. This follows the previous positive recommendation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP).
Since 2015 Lise-Lott has been Chairman of the Swedish Blood Cancer Association, previously Chairman of the Blood Cancer Society in Stockholm and now the president of Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE). Lise-Lott is very active in policy-related issues within the Swedish cancer care area. She focuses on access to new drugs for haematological disorders (especially myeloma),…
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended a conditional marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for teclistamab for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed and refractory myeloma, who have received at least three prior therapies, including an immunomodulatory agent, a proteasome inhibitor and an anti-CD38 antibody, and whose cancer has worsened since receiving the last treatment. Teclistamab, alternatively known…