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Spectral Medical Inc T.EDT

Alternate Symbol(s):  EDTXF

Spectral Medical Inc. is a Canada-based late-stage theragnostic company advancing therapeutic options for sepsis and septic shock. The Company develops and commercializes a treatment for septic shock utilizing its Endotoxin Activity Assay (EAA) diagnostic and the Toraymyxin therapeutic (PMX). PMX is a therapeutic hemoperfusion device that removes endotoxin, which can cause sepsis, from the bloodstream and is guided by the Company’s EAA. PMX is approved for therapeutic use in Japan and Europe and has been used safely and effectively on more than 340,000 patients to date. It has pioneered the development of biochemical markers for the clinical syndrome known as septic shock. It is continuing its legacy business of manufacturing and selling certain proprietary reagents. It develops, produces and markets recombinant proteins, antibodies and calibrators. These materials are sold for use in research and development, as well as in products manufactured by other diagnostic companies.


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Comment by Stocktreeon Apr 05, 2016 6:43pm
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RE:RE:re: article on sepsis

RE:RE:re: article on sepsis
Although the deaths of famous people can grab our attention momentarily, they are quickly forgotten by those who think such folks were just unfortunate to have been stricken by a rare condition.

Numbers, if spread through an ongoing education campaign can have a more lasting effect, as they help us gain perspective on the impact of the disease.

The number of deaths from sepsis in the U.S increased from 154,159 in 2000 to 207,427 in 2007 [15] and the numbers of hospitalizations with sepsis have overtaken those for myocardial infarction [17] In the U.S., sepsis accounts for far more deaths than the number of deaths from prostate cancer, breast cancer and AIDS combined.

- World Sepsis Day (study citations)

More deaths than from chronic lower respiratory diseases
More than from accidents
More than from strokes
More than from Alzheimer's disease
More than from diabetes, influenza, pneumonia, nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis combined

- Bases on Centers for Disease Control data.

What's even more striking...

"The number of hospital-treated sepsis cases in resource rich countries may be up to 7-fold higher because it relies on use of administrative data to identify sepsis patients which likely underestimates the true incidence rate based on clinical assessment or chart review [18-20]"

- World Sepsis Day (study citations)

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