Rare Disease Day 28 February 2025

Rare Disease Day is an annual observance day to raise awareness for the 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease. What are the universal challenges faced by those living with a rare disease? The lack of scientific knowledge and quality information on the disease often results in a delay in diagnosis. The need…

MAJIC-PV Study results

The MAJIC-PV Study is now completed and the results have been published Researchers wanted to find out how well Ruxolitinib worked compared with the best available therapy as a treatment for people with PV who were at risk of developing blood clots that could lead to a heart attack or stroke.  Specifically, the study looked…

In Conversation with… The Steering Committee Members of the MPN Advocates Network

In Conversation with The Steering Committee Members of the MPN Advocates Network.  The MPN AN was founded in 2013 by representatives from several MPN patient support groups as a way of creating and maintaining collaboration between these organizations and providing a platform for joint activity.  MPN AN is a leading international organization that operates for…

Update on the Shortage of Pegasys for Treating MPNs

We are very pleased to advise that NHS England has confirmed that Besremi is now available as a treatment option for specific people with MPNs – essential thrombocythaemia (ET), polycythaemia vera (PV) or myelofibrosis (MF) and for the duration of the Pegasys shortage. Doctors can now consider switching to the use of Besremi as an…