Terumo BCT and Marker Therapeutics Receive the US FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization for their Purification Device to Treat COVID-19

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• The US FDA has granted EUA to Terumo BCT’s Spectra Optia Apheresis System combined with Marker Therapeutics’ D2000 Adsorption Cartridge to treat patients aged ≥18yrs. with confirmed COVID-19 and are admitted to the ICU with confirmed or imminent respiratory failure to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokine levels
• The device works by reducing the number of cytokines and other inflammatory mediators in the blood, filter it and return the filtered blood to the patient
• The two companies collaborate to combine their existing technologies for providing a unique solution for the treatment of acute respiratory failure in COVID-19

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