Bluejay Announces Abstract Accepted for Presentation at the 2026 Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting

New clinical data from the SYMON-I study to evaluate IL-6 and organ dysfunction in sepsis patients to be presented.

ACTON, Mass., March 12, 2026 -- Bluejay Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJDX) (“Bluejay” or the “Company”), a medical diagnostics company developing rapid near-patient tests for critical care conditions, today announced that an abstract related to its Symphony™ IL-6 Test has been accepted for presentation at the 2026 Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting, which will take place May 18–21, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The presentation will report findings from SYMON-I, a multicenter pilot clinical study evaluating interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels in patients with sepsis who were admitted or intended for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). The analysis evaluates the relationship between IL-6 levels measured in the emergency department and organ dysfunction as assessed by Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores during the first three days of hospitalization.

Nathan Shapiro, M.D., Vice Chairman of Emergency Medicine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the clinical trial national principal investigator, stated:

“The findings from the SYMON-I study suggest that IL-6 measured in the emergency department may be associated with subsequent organ dysfunction in patients with sepsis and septic shock. These data contribute to the growing body of evidence evaluating IL-6 as a potential biomarker in the early assessment of critically ill patients.”

Mark Feinberg, M.D., Chief Medical Advisor at Bluejay Diagnostics and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, commented:

“The SAEM Annual Meeting provides an opportunity to present emerging clinical data evaluating IL-6 as a biomarker associated with the inflammatory response and organ dysfunction in sepsis. Bluejay’s ongoing SYMON-II validation study is intended to further evaluate IL-6 as a prognostic biomarker associated with mortality and other clinically meaningful outcomes in critically ill patients.”

Presentation Details

Title: Emergency Department Interleukin-6 Levels and Organ Dysfunction in Sepsis Across Multiple Centers
Presenters: John H. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.; Nathan Shapiro, M.D.
Conference: Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

About the Symphony IL-6 Test:

The Symphony™ Test platform is designed to determine patient acuity for triage and monitoring based on the measurement of a specific biomarker. The Symphony™ IL-6 Test to determine patient acuity for sepsis triage and monitoring (“Symphony™ IL-6 Test”) is currently Bluejay’s lead product candidate.

Note: Investigational device. Limited by United States law to investigational use.

About the SYMON Clinical Study Program:

The SYMON Clinical Study Program includes SYMON-I (clinicaltrials.gov ID NCT06181604), SYMON-II (NCT06654895), and SYMON-III (NCT07425587). SYMON-I is a pilot study to determine IL-6 levels associated with various endpoints, including, but not limited to 28-day all-cause mortality and in-hospital mortality. The SYMON-II study is the pivotal study to validate the outcomes of the SYMON-I study, which the Company plans to use to support a 510(k) application to the FDA. The SYMON-III study is a pilot study to determine IL-6 levels associated with patients presenting with increasing severity of infection in the emergency department and risk of developing sepsis.

About Bluejay Diagnostics:

Bluejay Diagnostics, Inc. is a medical diagnostics company focused on improving patient outcomes using its Symphony System, a cost-effective, rapid, near-patient testing system for sepsis triage and monitoring of disease progression. Bluejay does not yet have regulatory clearance for the Symphony System, and we will need to receive regulatory authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration before Symphony can be marketed as a diagnostic product in the United States. Bluejay’s first product candidate, an IL-6 Test for sepsis, is designed to provide accurate, reliable results in approximately 20 minutes from ’sample-to-result’ to help medical professionals make earlier and better triage/treatment decisions. More information is available at www.bluejaydx.com.

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