Elysium Institut is a Zurich-area concierge clinic built around a broad menu of apheresis, blood-adsorption and oxygen-based procedures rather than a standard executive physical. Its official site names more than 20 apheresis and hemoadsorption approaches, plus HBOT, IV infusions, hyperthermia and a cell-based service called Stempheresis. No public treatment price, course length or standard follow-up schedule was available when checked, so a useful comparison requires a written indication, protocol and complete quote.
What we checked
We checked the provider’s current program pages and, where available, independent or regulatory sources listed below. We then separated standard inclusions from optional costs and open questions. Every source carries the date we reviewed it.
The short answer
Elysium is relevant to a patient already considering a specific apheresis procedure and willing to examine the indication, product and regulatory basis before paying. It is a weak fit for a healthy buyer seeking a priced preventive baseline, because the public offer centers procedures and does not publish an all-in package. Ask which ASFA-recognized indication, if any, applies to you and request the clinician schedule, complication plan and total course cost in writing.
At a glance
This is a procedure-led clinic, not one fixed longevity assessment. The public menu ranges from conventional therapeutic plasma exchange terminology to clinic-branded variants, hemoadsorption, HBOT, IV infusions, hyperthermia and Stempheresis, which the clinic describes as apheresis combined with an autologous cell therapy. Those services are not interchangeable. Each needs its own indication, consent discussion, product or device documentation and expected endpoint.
Elysium did not publish a session price, course price or standard package when checked. Request a written estimate that separates consultation, laboratory work, imaging, vascular access, disposables, replacement fluids, cell processing, medications, physician attendance and follow-up. Also ask how many sessions are proposed, what would stop the course early and which hospital would handle a complication. Travel and accommodation near Zurich sit outside any clinic quote unless explicitly included.
The clinic names a medical director with internal-medicine and nephrology experience and describes medically supervised care. Its public pages do not state how much physician time comes before, during or after a procedure, or whether a named doctor remains available once an international patient leaves Switzerland. Ask who establishes the indication, who is physically present during treatment, when laboratory results are repeated and who owns an adverse event or abnormal result after discharge.
The American Society for Apheresis evaluates therapeutic apheresis by specific disease and clinical scenario, with graded recommendations across 166 indications in its 2023 guideline. That framework does not make every filtration method appropriate for prevention, detoxification or healthy aging. Ask the clinic to name the exact indication, ASFA category if one exists, expected measurable benefit and evidence for the proposed device and protocol. A technical ability to remove a circulating substance is not by itself proof of a patient benefit.
Swissmedic treats somatic-cell and tissue-engineered products as advanced therapy medicinal products subject to therapeutic-product requirements, while HBOT has its own device, indication and safety questions. Elysium should therefore identify the source, processing, authorization basis and administration route for any cell product, and the pressure, oxygen dose, contraindication screen and emergency procedures for HBOT. The clinic’s published treatment claims are not independent outcome verification.
Elysium did not publish a treatment or program price when checked. Request a written all-in quote covering the full proposed course, tests, products, medicines, physician time and follow-up.
Its official site lists more than 20 apheresis and blood-adsorption methods, plus HBOT, IV infusions, ozone-related procedures, hyperthermia, peptide consultations and a cell-based service called Stempheresis.
No fixed checkup package is publicly described. The offer is mainly procedure-led, with diagnostics and longer-term care used to select or support treatments.
Therapeutic apheresis has recognized uses for specific diseases, but that does not establish a general healthy-aging or detoxification benefit. Ask for the indication-specific evidence and measurable endpoint.
By David Persson · Review updated 2026-07-16 · Sources checked 2026-07-16 · Read the clinic review methodology · Submit a correction
Agewell is an independent buyer’s guide, not a medical provider. Screening and treatment decisions should be made with a qualified clinician who knows your history.
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