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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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Post by mercedesmanon Feb 23, 2022 1:41pm
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Sepsis an overlooked killer in Covid-19 cases ?

Sepsis an overlooked killer in Covid-19 cases ?https://scienceline.org/2022/01/sepsis-is-an-overlooked-killer-in-covid-19-patients-a-new-tool-may-help/


While sepsis is usually not listed as a cause of death in COVID-19 patients, it is 
often the underlying reason. “Basically, if you die of COVID, you die of sepsis,” says Dr. David Gaieski, an emergency physician who also teaches at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He explains that the virus causes severe inflammation in people’s lungs and other organs which can lead to septic shock. 

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JL Vincent's take?


https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/full/10.2217/fmb-2020-0312

the complex immune response in COVID-19 cannot be distinguished from that of other forms of sepsis.

Recognizing COVID-19 as ‘sepsis’ can also encourage development of therapeutic approaches that target the host response.



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