FDA COVID-19 Update

Issues EUA for blood purification system to treat COVID-19 patients

By: Contract Pharma

Contract Pharma Staff

The following are some of the U.S. FDA’s actions taken, as of April 10, in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: The FDA recently issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a blood purification system to treat patients 18 years of age or older with confirmed COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care unit with confirmed or imminent respiratory failure. The FDA issued the EUA to Terumo BCT Inc. and Marker Therapeutics AG for their Spectra Optia Apheresis System and Depur...

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