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Innovative diagnostic solutions for acute and critical care conditions

We are committed to improving patient outcomes with innovative diagnostic solutions for acute and critical care that allow the diagnosis, outcome prediction, and monitoring of patients with acute medical conditions.

SphingoTec is a privately held company located in Hennigsdorf near Berlin, Germany. With a long history of biomarker discovery, development, and validation, we develop and market innovative IVD solutions for our novel and proprietary blood-based protein biomarkers. 
Our aspiration is to effectively translate scientific advancements into routine clinical practice. We develop biomarkers addressing diagnostically underserved acute and critical care conditions such as sepsis, acute heart failure, and acute kidney injury, which are some of the biggest mortality drivers worldwide.

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Latest News

09. January 2025
Results from the first prospective study, conducted at the Medical University of Vienna, demonstrating penKid as a discriminatory biomarker for successful liberation from CRRT in cardiac surgery patients with acute kidney injury.
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09. October 2024
Through this collaboration, the companies will bring an assay for SphingoTec’s innovative kidney function biomarker, Proenkephalin 119-159 (penKid), to Beckman Coulter’s extensive test menu for use on the Access Family of Immunoassay Analyzers.
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08. August 2024
SphingoTec announces the successful closing of a Series C financing round. The raised capital will allow the company to reach profitability through sustained and strategic commercialization of its products. This includes supporting market development, out-licensing activities, and close collaboration with licensees. SphingoTec aims for global expansion, including entry into the US market.
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Media Coverage

16. October 2024
The partnership between SphingoTec and Beckman Coulter will bring the innovative penKid assay to Beckman Coulter's Access Family of Immunoassay Analyzers, offering early detection of kidney function decline in critical care settings and potentially impacting the care of 13 million patients affected by acute kidney injury annually worldwide.
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10. October 2024
By developing a fully automated penKid diagnostic test, Beckman Coulter and SphingoTec are advancing a more precise and early detection method for acute kidney injury that overcomes traditional biomarker limitations, offering critical care physicians a more reliable tool for timely patient intervention.
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09. October 2024
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics and SphingoTec have partnered to develop a fully automated high-throughput penKid assay for Beckman Coulter's Access immunoassay analyzers, aiming to improve acute kidney injury diagnosis and management in central laboratories worldwide.
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Watch our upcoming and latest Webinars on demand

Find out about the latest breakthroughs in clinical diagnostics and get valuable insights from international healthcare experts. To help improve patient management in acute and critical care conditions, we have created a series of webinars that look at the latest diagnostic innovations and how they influence today's clinical practice. Click here to see all available Webinars.

23.01.2023

The implementation of a novel kidney function biomarker in clinical routine

Speaker: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Gernot Marx | Head of the Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Intermediate Care at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen

07.09.2022

Using bio-ADM and penKid for optimization of AHF management in daily clinical practice

Speaker: Prof. John Parissis MD, PhD,  Attikon General Hospital

28.04.2022:

Using Proenkephalin as a Novel Biomarker to Estimate GFR

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Peter Pickkers, Radboud University, Nijmegen

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