T2 Biosystems 1Q
May 5, 2022
As we continue to execute on our strategy, we are simultaneously furthering our mission: to fundamentally change the way medicine is practiced through transformative culture-independent diagnostics that improve the lives of patients around the world.
To remind you, sepsis is the #1 cause of death in U.S. hospitals, claiming nearly 270,000 lives annually. Sepsis is the #1 cost of hospitalization in the U.S., costing our healthcare system approximately $62 billion annually. Finally, sepsis is the #1 cause of 30-day hospital readmissions, resulting in nearly 20% of survivors to be re-hospitalized in 30 days and approximately 40% in 90 days.
The current standard of care for patients at risk of sepsis relies on broad, empiric protocols to administer antimicrobial therapy, despite the fact that such protocols are only optimal in approximately one-half of cases. To further complicate matters, the current standard of care continues to rely on a positive blood culture to identify the presence of a bloodstream infection and target therapy for patients suspected of sepsis. Due to their poor sensitivity, blood cultures often require multiple samples of blood from critically ill patients, and take anywhere from 1-5 days to achieve the growth necessary for pathogen identification. Additional testing, such as traditional microbiology or post-culture molecular diagnostic tests, may then be required for determination of species identification and susceptibility.
Our aim at T2 Biosystems is to advance care by enabling faster times to targeted therapy. We are commercializing the first and only FDA cleared products able to detect sepsis-causing pathogens directly in whole blood, in just 3-5 hours, eliminating the need to wait for a positive blood culture. This is critical as each hour of delayed targeted treatment increases patient mortality rates by up to 8%. Our products enable clinicians to achieve faster targeted antimicrobial therapy, by rapidly identifying sepsis-causing pathogens and antibiotic resistant genes.
At our analyst and investor day in April, the critical nature of this mission, and our progress spearheading the advancement of culture-independent diagnostics, was validated and articulated by influential KOL and T2Dx users, Dr. Thomas Walsh, the Founding Director, Center for Innovative Therapeutics and Diagnostics, and Dr. James Snyder, Director of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Molecular Diagnostics at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and Hospital.
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