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MPN Patient Advocacy Works
from mpncancer

Brilliant work by Nathalie Cook lobbying the Australian Government for access to affordable drugs for Cancer Patients Inspiring, tenacious and rewarding work that will benefit the lives of so many. Australian MPN patients can now have affordable access to Pegasys. This is the kind of success I would like [...]

Mon, Jul 16, 2018, Continue reading at the source

Incyte (INCY) Announces Positive Results on Jakafi for GVHD
from MPN Advocacy & Education

Incyte Corp announced that the phase II trial, REACH1, evaluating lead drug Jakafi in combination with corticosteroids for the treatment of patients with steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), met its primary endpoint. The data from the study showed that Jakafi demonstrated an overall response rate (ORR) of 55% at day 28. [...]

Wed, Jun 27, 2018, Continue reading at the source

Small Number of Myelofibrosis Patients Develop Aggressive Lymphoma from JAK Inhibition
from MPN Advocacy & Education

BY Brielle Urciuoli PUBLISHED June 25, 2018 While JAK inhibitors have proven to be an effective treatment for patients with myelofibrosis, a type of myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), they may come with a severe downside – in particular, a 16-fold increase in the chance of developing a B-cell lymphoma, according to recent research [...]

Wed, Jun 27, 2018, Continue reading at the source

MPNRF blood cancer researcher Robert Kralovics talks about momentous dis...
from Michelle

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Thu, Jan 30, 2014, Continue reading at the source

Gearing up for new round of MF Challenge grants
from Michelle

The applications for the second found of MF Challenge funding will be reviewed on Friday, May 31st in Chicago. In addition to members of the Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board, thought leaders from fibrosis will be joining the review panel as the proposals are judged. In addition to scientific merit, the [...]

Sun, May 26, 2013, Continue reading at the source