FDA Backs Testing of Device Once Flagged for Covid Speculation

HemopurifierSource: Aethlon Medical via PRNewswire
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As far back as January, stock traders were latching onto Aethlon Medical Inc. and its experimental Hemopurifier device as a potential treatment for the novel coronavirus. After shares quadrupled that month from less than $1 each, market speculation got so heated that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suspendedBloomberg Terminal trading in the stock for two weeks.

In early March, the company put out a cautious statement, saying it wasn’t sure if the Hemopurifier would help with Covid-19, and even then potentially only in the sickest patients.