The European Commission has issued a legislative proposal to the European Council and European Parliament on further integration of health technology assessment (HTA) in the EU.
Myeloma Patients Europe will hold an online webinar to review the most recent myeloma findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) that took place in San Diego (California, United States) in December 2017.
The talk will be given by Dr María Victoria Mateos, Associate Professor of Hematology and Consultant. Physician of the Haematology Department at the University Hospital of Salamanca, Spain. Continue reading
Plitidepsin (Aplidin®), a new medicine for the treatment of relapsed and/or refractory myeloma, has today received a negative recommendation from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). The decision means that, as it stands, plitidepsin is unlikely to be made available for myeloma patients across Europe. Continue reading
Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) has written to the Chair of the Committee for Human Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) within the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to provide the patient viewpoint on the importance of plitidepsin (Aplidin®) for relapsed and refractory myeloma patients across Europe. We have outlined how important it is for patients across Europe to gain access to effective drugs that have new mechanisms of action. Continue reading
As part of the Advocate Development Programme (ADP), MPE is organising an online webinar about science in patient advocacy. Although the webinars held within the ADP are usually open only to our ADP trainees, on this occasion we would like to invite to the webinar all our members and patient advocates interested in science. The webinar “Science in patient advocacy” will be given by Bettina Ryll, chair of the ESMO Patient Advocates Working Group (PAWG) and founder of the Melanoma Patient Network Europe (MPNE).
The 59th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting will take place from 9 – 12 December in Atlanta, Georgia, United States (US). Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) will be attending the meeting, alongside thousands of leading doctors, researchers and patient advocates in the field of blood cancer (hematology). Below we explain ASH and the importance of the meeting to patient advocates.
Melphalan (Alkeran®), a chemotherapy drug commonly used in myeloma, was not available in several European countries towards the end of 2016. Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) became aware of the situation following reports from our members that it was impacting negatively on myeloma patients in their countries. We conducted a survey to explore the issue further, the results of which you can see here.
Lugano/Brussels, 3 August 2017. Three leading European organisations in the fight against cancer have called the European Union (EU) to urgently increase its support for independent academic research for the benefit of cancer patients, in an article published (today) in ESMO Open.
“Independent academic research is endangered for lack of funds and adequate legislation,” said Rolf A. Stahel, ESMO Past President and co-founder of the CAREFOR platform. “Working closely with EU institutions, we can make sure Europe is equipped with efficient legal framework and a vision to become the best place for research and innovation, for the ultimate benefit of cancer patients,” he stated. Continue reading
It is with great sadness that we share with you that our friend and colleague, Jelle Palsma passed away.
Jelle was part of the board of MPE’s French member, Association Française des Malades du Myélome Multiple (AF3M), and was a very active representative at MPE. Despite his health condition, Jelle was involved in highly relevant MPE initiatives with a remarkable positive attitude. Continue reading
The most important Haematology scientific meeting in Europe, the European Hematology Association (EHA) Annual Meeting was held between 22 and 25 June 2017 in Madrid (Spain). Continue reading