Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)

• Health & Medicine

Scottish Medicines Consortium says yes to chemotherapy-free leukaemia treatment

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has approved a new chemotherapy-free treatment option for some adults with untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has approved a new chemotherapy-free treatment option for some adults with untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

8 December 2020

• Health & Medicine

Chemotherapy free treatment for leukaemia given the green light for NHS in England

A new combination of targeted treatments will now be available for some adults with leukaemia on the NHS in England. A new combination of targeted treatments will now be available for some adults with leukaemia on the NHS in England.

13 November 2020

Bioinvent’s BI-1206 antibody to enter collaborative phase I/II trial funded and conducted by Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research Technology and Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research

Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research Technology and Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research to trial BioInvent's antibody drug for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research Technology and Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research to trial BioInvent's antibody drug for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

20 January 2015

• Science & Technology

Broken cell 'stopwatch' could lead to blood test to signal how fast leukaemia will progress

Scientists have pinpointed key changes to the telomeres in the cells of leukaemia patients which could play a crucial role in the earliest stages of the disease, according to research published online in the journal Blood. Scientists have pinpointed key changes to the telomeres in the cells of leukaemia patients which could play a crucial role in the earliest stages of the disease, according to research published online in the journal Blood.

10 June 2010