Business
Babesiosis Disease Burden in United States is Substantially Higher Than Official Estimates, According to Preliminary Results of 60 Degrees Pharma Survey
In a survey representative of the general U.S. adult population, 1.26 percent of respondents – equivalent to about 3 million people – reported having received a medical diagnosis of babesiosis during their life-time; CDC data imply only about 73,000 people in that category.At the time they replied to the survey, 3.7 percent of respondents – equivalent to about 9.9 million people – reported they had been experiencing fatigue, a common symptom of babesiosis, for six months or longer. WASHINGTON, A
About this update from 60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
[{"type":"image","alt":"Sixty Degrees Pharmaceuticals","displaySize":"","headline":null,"caption":"Sixty Degrees Pharmaceuticals","className":"","disableSlideshowImg":false,"size":{"original":{"width":300,"height":157,"url":"https://media.zenfs.com/en/globenewswire.com/6c5f734cbdeffb0ff816df4f768b5fa6"},"resized":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/L1lrb.zKykt_bMbAkYncaQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTQyMDtoPTIyMDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/globenewswire.com/6c5f734cbdeffb0ff816df4f768b5fa6","width":300,"height":157}},"lazy":false},{"type":"list","items":[{"val":[{"type":"text","content":"In a survey representative of the general U.S. adult population, 1.26 percent of respondents – equivalent to about 3 million people – reported having received a medical diagnosis of babesiosis during their life-time; CDC data imply only about 73,000 people in that category.","length":274,"tagName":"p"}]},{"val":[{"type":"text","content":"At the time they replied to the survey, 3.7 percent of respondents – equivalent to about 9.9 million people – reported they had been experiencing fatigue, a common symptom of babesiosis, for six months or longer.","length":212,"tagName":"p"}]}],"tagName":"ul","bulletedList":true,"length":486,"olType":false},{"type":"text","content":"WASHINGTON, April 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SXTP; SXTPW) (“60 Degrees” or the “Company”), a pharmaceutical company focused on developing new medicines for infectious diseases, today announced findings that the actual burden of babesiosis in the United States (U.S.) may be significantly higher than Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics suggest. Preliminary results of an online survey conducted by the Company showed that nearly 3 million Americans (1.26 percent of the adult population in 2020) may have received a babesiosis diagnosis from a medical practitioner in their lifetime.","length":656,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"In contrast, CDC reports 1,834 cases of babesiosis in 2020. Even though this annual number relies on different methodologies and timeframes, and is not directly comparable to the Company’s estimates, the disparity suggests the possibility that babesiosis is significantly underdiagnosed or underreported in existing public health reporting data. The Company believes this may indicate a greater demand...