T2 Biosystems to Present Data on T2Candida at asm2015

LEXINGTON, Mass., May 26, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- T2 Biosystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:TTOO), a company developing innovative diagnostic products to improve patient health, today announced that new data on the company's T2Candida^® Panel will be presented at asm2015, the 115th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, being held May 30-June 2, 2015, at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Two posters will highlight the impact of T2Candida in the diagnosis of candidemia in patients using 2ml of blood, as well as the economic and mortality impact of T2Candida for rapid candida diagnosis among high-risk patients, as reported in a recent publication in Future Microbiology.

The schedule for asm2015 presentations is as follows:

T2 Biosystems will also sponsor a symposium, "Implementing T2Candida for high-risk patients: the impact on hospital mortality, economics and resistance," on Monday, June 1, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. at the New Orleans Downtown Marriott – Meeting Room Blaine Kern D-F. Speakers include:

• Angela M. Caliendo, M.D., Ph.D., professor and executive vice chair, Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
• Kevin W. Garey, PharmD, M.S., FASHP, chair, Department of Clinical Sciences & Administration, professor of pharmacy practice, University of Houston
• Pinar Bilir, B.S., M.S., director, US HEOR and Real World Evidence Solutions, IMS Health, Danbury, CT
• Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, M.D., professor of medicine and epidemiology, director, Laboratory of Mycology Research, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical School

Additionally, Rahul Dhanda, vice president, marketing at T2 Biosystems will participate in the Diagnostic Marketing Association (DxMA) Seminar at asm2015. The details of the panel presentation are as follows:

About The T2Candida Panel

The T2Candida Panel is the first sepsis pathogen diagnostic that provides species-specific results in three to five hours without the need for blood culture, which can take up to six days to provide a result. The rapid detection of Candida enables physicians to provide targeted treatment quickly, and research has shown this can reduce a positive sepsis patient's length of stay in the hospital by almost nine days at a cost savings of approximately $26,887. A rapid negative result can prevent unnecessary administration of antimicrobials, further reducing costs. In addition, a rapid negative result can prevent or reduce antimicrobial resistance, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has designated a serious threat.

About Candida

Candidemia is a systemic fungal infection that occurs when Candida organisms in the blood spread to organs and tissues throughout the body. Candidemia is the fourth leading hospital-acquired bloodstream infection and the most lethal form of common bloodstream infection that cause sepsis, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), with an approximate 40 percent mortality rate. In the absence of a rapid, accurate diagnostic, appropriate therapeutic intervention for candidemia is often delayed, resulting in a mortality rate that is three to four times higher than when early, targeted therapy is initiated. According to a study published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, the mortality rate can be reduced to 11 percent with the initiation of targeted therapy within 12 hours of presentation of symptoms. On average, candidemic patients require 40 days of hospitalization and have a hospital cost of $130,000.

About T2 Biosystems

T2 Biosystems is focused on developing innovative diagnostic products to improve patient health. With two FDA-cleared products targeting sepsis and a range of additional products in development, T2 Biosystems is an emerging leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics. The Company is utilizing its proprietary T2 Magnetic Resonance platform, or T2MR, to develop a broad set of applications aimed at lowering mortality rates, improving patient outcomes and reducing the cost of healthcare by helping medical professionals make targeted treatment decisions earlier. T2MR enables the fast and sensitive detection of pathogens, biomarkers and other abnormalities in a variety of unpurified patient sample types, including whole blood, eliminating the time-consuming sample prep required in current methods. For more information, please visit www.t2biosystems.com.

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