In the article by Lokhorst H.M. et al. entitled “Thalidomide in induction treatment increases the very good partial response rate before and after high-dose therapy in previously untreated multiple myeloma” which appeared on Haematologica 2008; 93:124–127, the published list of authors was incorrect: the name of Prof. Gregor Verlhoef should be replaced by the name of Prof. Michel Delforge. In the same article, an author’s name was misspelled: correct name of Iris Breitkreuz should be read as Iris Breitkreutz.