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Subaru Partners with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for 8th Year to Share Warmth, Love and Relief with Patients Facing Cancer

Subaru of America, Inc. is renewing its partnership with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) during Subaru Loves to Care® month in June. Subaru will…

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FDA Approves New Bispecific Antibody for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Subtype

Epcoritamab gives patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma another treatment option.

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Affimed Announces IND Clearance for a Phase 2 Clinical Trial Investigating AFM13 and AB-101 Combination Therapy

Heidelberg, Germany, May 23, 2023 – Affimed N.V. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its IND application for …

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Cancer Drug Shortages Greatly Affect Patients with Blood Cancer, Families Across the US

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Chief Medical Officer Gwen Nichols, MD, releases statement noting that the LLS continues to advocate for solutions to keep…

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Immunotherapy Greatly Improves Survival for Infants with an Aggressive Form of Leukemia

These results mark a big step forward in the treatment of infants with this form of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).

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Visionaries of the Year: A Campaign Powered by People Imagining a World Without Blood Cancer and Taking Action

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's philanthropic competition dedicates 10 weeks to end blood cancer

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FDA Approves Therapy to Decrease Infection Risk Following Stem Cell Transplant

“This new treatment is a big step forward that may help improve patient outcomes,” said LLS Chief Scientific Officer Lee Greenberger, Ph.D. “LLS was o…

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FDA Approves Treatment for Patients Newly Diagnosed with Most Common Lymphoma

“The FDA’s decision gives newly diagnosed patients with this aggressive form of lymphoma their first new treatment option in nearly two decades,” says…

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MorphoSys Completes Enrollment of Phase 3 MANIFEST-2 Study of Pelabresib in Myelofibrosis with Topline Results Expected by End of 2023

Planegg/Munich, Germany, April 4, 2023 - MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; NASDAQ: MOR) announced today that enrollment is complete for MANIFEST-2, the ongoing …

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Caribou Biosciences Announces FDA Granted Fast Track Designation to CB-011, an Allogeneic CAR-T Cell Therapy for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma

BERKELEY, Calif., April 04, 2023 - Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRBU), a leading clinical-stage CRISPR genome-editing biopharmaceutical company,…

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Joins CancerX Inaugural Project

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has joined on as a proud partner of CancerX’s inaugural project, “Advancing Digital Innovation to Improve Equit…

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