About us

Blood cancer forum is a non-profit organization that works for better cancer care in Sweden.

The purpose of the association is to carry out policy and advocacy work in healthcare with primary focus on blood cancer and other blood diseases. The goal is that all blood cancer patients should have access to the same treatment with new innovative drugs, regardless of where they live in the country.

Activities are carried out nationally - but also internationally - through various opinion forming activities, such as organizing seminars, round table activities and other discussion forums. The target group is primarily politicians, authorities and concerned organizations, and other institutions and decision-makers in the healthcare sector.

The activity has three prioritized objectives:

• Faster introduction of new drugs and treatments. The goal is that all new treatments shall be available to patients in Sweden three months after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved a new drug.
• More clinical trials in Sweden. The goal is to increase the number of clinical trials by 10 percent within a three-year period.
• Increased patient involvement both in an individual and system level. The goal is to work for a model with patient involvement in health technology assessment, HTA, to be introduced in Sweden within three years.

Blood cancer forum was started in 2023 by Lise-lott Eriksson and Lennart Ivarsson, both with extensive experience in healthcare issues from the blood cancer area.