CytoSorbents Announces Webinar Discussing Topline Results from the U.S. CTC Registry using CytoSorb® in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in intensive care and cardiac surgery using blood purification via its proprietary polymer adsorption technology, announces a special Company webinar highlighting  the topline results of CytoSorbents' U.S. CTC Multicenter Registry that demonstrate high survival using CytoSorb® in Critically Ill COVID-19 patients on ECMO, on Monday, September 13, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. EDT.

The CTC Registry included 52 consecutive critically ill COVID-19 patients with refractory acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) on life support with ECMO and CytoSorb, enrolled at five U.S. medical centers under FDA Emergency Use Authorization.  The prerecorded presentation, geared towards clinicians, will be hosted by Dr. Phillip Chan, CytoSorbents' CEO and feature an overview of CytoSorb and its application in ECMO by Dr. Chan, a review of the CTC Registry results by Dr. J. W. Awori Hayanga, Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the West Virginia University School of Medicine and one of the contributing Site Principal Investigators in the registry, followed by a short question and answer session.  The webinar will be available for viewing at any time afterwards with registration.

Date:  Monday, September 13, 2021
Time:  5:00 p.m. Eastern
Registration Link:  https://cyto.news/webinar-CTC-Registry

About CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO)

CytoSorbents Corporation is a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in intensive care and cardiac surgery using blood purification.  Its flagship product, CytoSorb®, is approved in the European Union with distribution in 68 countries around the world as an extracorporeal cytokine adsorber designed to reduce the "cytokine storm" or "cytokine release syndrome" seen in common critical illnesses that may result in massive inflammation, organ failure and patient death.  These are conditions where the risk of death can be extremely high, yet few to no effective treatments exist.  CytoSorb is also being used during and after cardiothoracic surgery to remove inflammatory mediators that can lead to post-operative complications, including multiple organ failure.  More than 143,000 CytoSorb devices have been delivered to date.  CytoSorb was originally introduced into the European Union under CE-Mark as a first-in-kind cytokine adsorber.  Additional CE-Mark label expansions were received for the removal of bilirubin and myoglobin in clinical conditions such as liver disease and trauma, respectively, and both ticagrelor and rivaroxaban during cardiothoracic surgery.  The DrugSorb-ATR™ Antithrombotic Removal System, which is based on the same polymer technology as CytoSorb, has also been granted FDA Breakthrough Designation for the removal of ticagrelor, as well as FDA Breakthrough Designation for the removal of the direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) drugs rivaroxaban and apixaban in a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit during urgent cardiothoracic surgery. 

CytoSorb has been granted U.S. FDA Emergency Use Authorization in the COVID-19 pandemic as an extracorporeal cytokine adsorber for use in adult, critically ill COVID-19 patients with imminent or confirmed respiratory failure.  The CytoSorb device has neither been cleared nor approved for the indication to treat patients with COVID-19 infection.  The CytoSorb device is authorized only for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of the emergency use of the CytoSorb device under Section 564(b)(l) of the Act, 21 U.S.C § 360bbb-3(b)(1), unless the authorization is terminated or revoked sooner.

CytoSorbents' purification technologies are based on biocompatible, highly porous polymer beads that can actively remove toxic substances from blood and other bodily fluids by pore capture and surface adsorption.  Its technologies have received non-dilutive grant, contract, and other funding of more than $39.5 million from DARPA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Air Force Material Command (USAF/AFMC), and others.  The Company has numerous marketed products and products under development based upon this unique blood purification technology protected by many issued U.S. and international patents and registered trademarks, and multiple patent applications pending, including ECOS-300CY®, CytoSorb-XL™, HemoDefend-RBC™, HemoDefend-BGA™, VetResQ®, K⁺ontrol™, DrugSorb™, DrugSorb-ATR™, ContrastSorb, and others.  For more information, please visit the Company's websites at www.cytosorbents.com and www.cytosorb.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter. 

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Vice President, Investor Relations
and Corporate Communications
(732) 482-9984
tpowers@cytosorbents.com

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