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Overview

On behalf of our chairman, Drew Provan, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, we are pleased to invite you to our symposium “Current Approaches in the Management of ITP: From Concept to Consensus” during the 15th Congress of the European Hematology Association in Barcelona, Spain, on 10 June 2010.

Location

Fira de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Hall G
13.30 – 15.30

Faculty

CHAIR
Drew Provan, MD, FRCP, FRCPath
Barts and the London NHS Trust
The Royal London Hospital
London, United Kingdom

FACULTY
James B. Bussel, MD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, New York, United States

Miguel Angel Sanz, MD, PhD
Hospital University La Fe
Valencia, Spain

Roberto Stasi, MD, PhD
St Georges Healthcare NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom

Agenda

13.30  

Welcome & demographic questions
Drew Provan, MD, FRCP, FRCPath

13.45  

Defining the issues and opportunities in the management of ITP
Roberto Stasi, MD, PhD

14.05  

Responding to the challenge of platelet production: Thrombopoietin receptor agonist therapy
James Bussel, MD 

14.35  

ITP: Building consensus for clinical practice
Drew Provan, MD, FRCP, FRCPath      

14.55  

Patient management: What to do and when to do it
All faculty:
James Bussel, MD; Drew Provan, MD, FRCP, FRCPath; Miguel Sanz, MD, PhD; Roberto Stasi, MD, PhD

15.30  

Concluding remarks
Drew Provan, MD, FRCP, FRCPath

Support

Support for this activity has been provided by GlaxoSmithKline