Aethlon Medical Announces FDA Submission

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:AEMD), a pioneer in developing therapeutic devices for infectious disease, announced today it has submitted an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting permission to initiate human safety studies of the Aethlon Hemopurifier® as a treatment countermeasure against select category "A" bioterror threats. Category "A" bioterror threats are defined by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as agents that pose a risk to national security, are easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person, result in high mortality rates, could cause public panic and social disruption, and require special action for public health preparedness.