** Shares of drug developer Aethlon Medical Inc AEMD.O
jump 40.8% to 66 cents - set for their highest one-day pct. gain
in over 5 months, if gains hold
** Co enters into an agreement with private, medical
device-focused contract research organization NAMSA to oversee
the clinical trials testing its blood filtration device for
treatment of cancer
** Under the deal, NAMSA will manage the study of the
device, hemopurifier, for patients in the U.S. and Australia
with various types of cancer- AEMD
** AEMD plans to begin trials for hemopurifier in Australia
** Including session moves, AEMD has fallen ~54.4% over the
past 12 months
(Reporting by Mariam E Sunny)
((Mariam.ESunny@thomsonreuters.com;))