by David Wallace updated July 10, 2025 This is no wonderful “epiphany moment” article, just a quick report on a real myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) symptom I experience from time to time. Many mornings, I make a healthy smoothie to get me up and rolling. This morning I grabbed the wrong ingredient and sprinkled it in […]
Breakthrough CALR Therapy Shows High Response Rate in ET
by David Wallace New Treatment Targets Root Cause of ET: INCA033989 Trial Shows Powerful Results June 15, 2025 – EHA Congress, Milan Incyte has announced positive, late-breaking data from the first clinical studies of its experimental therapy INCA033989—an antibody designed to precisely target a genetic driver of disease in patients with Essential Thrombocythemia (ET). The […]
Rusfertide Cuts Phlebotomies by 77% in Polycythemia Vera
by David Wallace Key Points Rusfertide achieved clinical response in 77% of patients compared to 33% with placebo in the Phase 3 VERIFY trial The drug significantly reduced the number of blood draws needed each year and decreased PV-related symptoms Rusfertide maintained hematocrit levels below 45% and reduced or eliminated the need for phlebotomy Safety […]
Chet Lemon Dies from PV Complications at 70
Chet Lemon, a beloved former Major League Baseball outfielder and 1984 World Series winner, died at the age of 70. Lemon passed on Thursday, May 8, 2025, after a decades-long battle with polycythemia vera (PV), a rare blood disorder, and its associated complications. Lemon, a three-time All-Star, was diagnosed with polycythemia vera in 1990, toward […]
