Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Blood Purification Device to Treat COVID-19

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Blood Purification Device to Treat COVID-19

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for a blood purification system to treat patients 18 years of age or older with confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with confirmed or imminent respiratory failure. The authorized product works by reducing the amount of cytokines and other inflammatory mediators, i.e., small active proteins in the bloodstream that control a cell’s immune response by filtering the blood and returning the filtered blood to the patient. The proteins that are removed are typically elevated during infections and can be ...

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