Endothel Pharma Aps

Rigshospitalet

Sisse Rye Ostrowski

Pär Ingemar Johansson

Use of prostacyclin or an analogue thereof for treatment of a new medical indication in acute critically ill patients, in particular acute critically ill patients with systemic endothelial damage, a biomarker for identifying individuals that have a new medical indication, and a method for identifying a new medical indication.

Composition comprising prostacyclin andor analogues thereof for treatment of acute critically ill patients

The present invention relates to compounds for treatment that protects the endothelium, prevents pathologic thrombus formation in the microcirculation and preserves platelet number and function and thus may be related to minimizing or preventing development of organ failure, including multiple organ failure (MOF), and, hence, death in critically ill patients by administration of agent(s) limiting the platelets ability to aggregate and form clots and/or by agents modulating/preserving endothelial integrity and/or by agent(s) increasing the rate of thrombus lysis, and Another aspect of the invention related to by a cell-based whole blood viscoelastical haemostatic assay identifying critically ill patients at increased risk of development of organ failure, including multiple organ failure (MOF) and death.

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Gentofte, Denmark

Sisse Rye Ostrowski