Aethlon Medical Inc (AEMD)

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Aethlon Medical Announces Health Canada Approval of Ebola Treatment Protocol



SAN DIEGO, May 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Aethlon Medical, Inc. (AEMD), the pioneer in developing targeted therapeutic devices to address infectious diseases and cancer, today disclosed that the Medical Devices Bureau of Health Canada has approved a clinical study protocol to treat Ebola-infected individuals with the Aethlon Hemopurifier®. The Hemopurifier is a first-in-class affinity biofiltration device designed for the broad-spectrum elimination of viral pathogens from the circulatory system of infected individuals. The device targets antiviral drug resistance and serves as a first-line countermeasure against Ebola and other life-threatening viruses that are not addressed with proven drug therapies. Health Canada is the Federal department responsible for overseeing the health of Canadian citizens.

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.Aethlon Hemopurifier.
The Health Canada approved protocol is entitled, "The Treatment of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Humans with the Aethlon Hemopurifier Lectin Affinity Plasmapheresis Device". The protocol allows for an investigational study of Hemopurifier therapy to be conducted in up to 3 human subjects. The objective of the study is to standardize and evaluate the use of the Hemopurifier as supportive care in the treatment of EVD. There is no assurance that the investigational study will result in the collection of clinical data that would support Health Canada licensing requirements. Aethlon further disclosed that the Ebola study protocol had also been approved by the University Health Network