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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

18. June 2024
SphingoTec introduced together with Boditech Med Inc. (Boditech) at the 42nd AKI & CRRT Course in Vicenza the innovative kidney function biomarker penKid developed by SphingoTec and licensed to Boditech. introduced together with Boditech Med Inc. (Boditech) at the 42nd AKI & CRRT Course in Vicenza the innovative kidney function biomarker penKid developed by SphingoTec and licensed to Boditech.
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26. March 2024
SphingoTec is pleased to announce the following appointments to its management team: Deborah Bergmann as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Florian Uhle as Managing Director and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Nicole Witzmann as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
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05. October 2023
A new, improved formula has been developed for estimating the GFR using kidney function biomarker penKid. According to the data, penKid strongly correlates with the measured GFR (mGFR), while the penKid-based formula for estimating GFR performs better than routinely used equations.
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Media Coverage

17. June 2024
At the Vicenza Course, Prof. Ronco and Deborah Bergmann, CEO of Sphingotec, are discussing about the new developments of the new biomarker penKid
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11. June 2024
Verbesserte Nierenfunktionsbewertung durch einen innovativen Nierenfunktions-Biomarker: Eine präzise Beurteilung der Nierenfunktion ist von entscheidender Bedeutung in der modernen Intensivmedizin und spielt eine wesentliche Rolle bei der frühen Diagnose von Krankheiten und Komplikationen sowie einer personalisierten Th erapieplanung.
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07. June 2024
Es sind winzige Moleküle im menschlichen Blut, die zeigen, dass Lebensgefahr besteht – in Echtzeit. Sphingotec hat zwei neue Biomarker identifiziert und bietet Medizinern die Chance, rechtzeitig lebensrettende Maßnahmen zu ergreifen, um ein komplettes Organversagen oder eine Nierendysfunktion zu verhindern.
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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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