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Synthetic Blood reports positive early results from traumatic brain injury clinical trial

Published in Biotech Business Week, January 22nd, 2007

Synthetic Blood International, Inc. (SYBD) announces positive findings from a preliminary analysis of a phase 2a clinical trial with Oxycyte in eight patients with traumatic brain injury.

Data from this open-label, proof-of-concept, single-site study demonstrate that Oxycyte increases brain oxygen tension and glucose metabolism compared to baseline, and favorably affects other brain chemistries that impact clinical outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury. These data were compiled and analyzed by Virginia Commonwealth University.

Due to a technical malfunction whereby a complete measurement of oxygen levels in the brain of one treated patient...

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