Highlights Newsletter 1
This newsletter presents you the following key sessions:
1. PODCAST with prof. dr. Pieter Sonneveld about VRD consolidation treatment followed by maintenance therapy in
transplant-eligible patients with multiple myeloma
2. Haematopoietic cell transplantation also recommended in older patients with advanced high-risk myelodysplastic
syndrome with a suitable donor
3. CRISPR-based gene editing with CTX001 as a potential functional cure for transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia
and sickle cell disease
4. Ruxolitinib outperforms the current best available therapy for patients with steroid-refractory/dependent chronic
graft-versus-host disease
5. Subcutaneous daratumumab plus pomalidomide-dexamethasone: an effective and convenient treatment option
for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma


