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Efferon wants to eradicate the devastating toll of pediatric sepsis

Publisher description: This Battlefield 200 startup has developed blood-purification tech to save children

TechCrunch | Oct 11, 2026 | Marina Temkin

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Although Efferon makes absorbers for adults, Efferon NEO, its pediatric device developed specifically for young kids, is proving especially effective. Since children have a significantly lower circulating blood volume, they require medical devices engineered specifically for their physiology, according to Romashin. In April, Efferon NEO received a CE mark, Europe’s equivalent to FDA approval, making it the first multimodal blood purification device specifically engineered for pediatric sepsis.

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