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Alexion Announces FDA Approval of ULTOMIRIS® (ravulizumab-cwvz) for Children and Adolescents with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)

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– With this approval, ULTOMIRIS is the first and only medicine approved in the U.S. to treat children and adolescents with PNH – – Approval based on interim results from Phase 3 study showing ULTOMIRIS demonstrated complete terminal complement inhibition through 26 weeks – BOSTON…

Living with GVHD: A Transplant Patient Panel Discussion

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Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Bone Marrow Transplant
Living Well with Bone Marrow Failure
Managing Your Treatment
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Related Bone Marrow Failure Diseases and Malignancies
Presenter(s)
Leigh Clark
Patient panel discussions are a chance to meet some of the inspiring patients, caregivers and parents who are dealing with a bone marrow failure disease. Panel discussions are a bit different from our regular educational webinars so please plan to participate via the Q & A window…

Living with PNH: A Patient Panel Discussion

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Topic(s)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Presenter(s)
Leigh Clark
Patient panel discussions are a chance to meet some of the inspiring patients, caregivers and parents who are dealing with a bone marrow failure disease. Panel discussions are a bit different from our regular educational webinars so please plan to participate via the Q & A window…

Researchers Uncover How MN1 Overexpression Causes AML

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Meningioma-1 (MN1) is a protein whose overexpression has been linked to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and brain tumors, and 70% to 80% of AML patients with high overexpression of MN1 die within two years. Yet the mechanism by which MN1 causes these diseases has largely remained a…

RARA Agonist Plus Azacitidine Shows Encouraging Activity in Relapsed/Refractory AML

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The novel agentSY-1425 combined with azacitidine appears to be active in retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARA) superenhancer–positive newly diagnosed and relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to the results of a phase II trial presented at the 2020 American…

Haploidentical Transplant for MDS

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Bone Marrow Transplant
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Presenter(s)
Brian Shaffer, MD
Dr. Shaffer provides an overview of the haploidentical transplant process and discusses how this treatment option might be right for some MDS patients. Dr. Brian Shaffer is a board certified hematologist specializing in bone marrow transplantation for leukemia, myelodysplastic…

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