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 the successful completion of its MISSION 100,000 international fundraising campaign to fight the spread of COVID-19, raising $100,000 to benefit the global, not-for-profit humanitarian organization, CARE. The funds raised for CARE's Crisis Response Campaign enable the organization to provide various vaccination, education, sanitation, and disinfectant initiatives around the world to prevent the spread of COVID-19. CytoSorbents will present CARE its donation at the Opening Bell ceremony at NASDAQ later this morning.
The campaign commemorates a major Company milestone achieved last year of cumulatively shipping more than 100,000 CytoSorb® blood purification cartridges worldwide to treat deadly inflammation, such as seen in severe COVID-19 infection. That number has since grown to more than 131,000 cartridges, including those used to treat more than 6,000 COVID-19 patients across more than 30 countries, including the U.S.
Dr. Phillip Chan, Chief Executive Officer of CytoSorbents stated, "On behalf of the Company, I would like to thank all of our friends, business partners, colleagues, employees, and shareholders for your generous donations, enabling us to match your support and fullfill our pledge to raise $100,000 to support CARE's COVID-19 Emergency Fund. With the rise in new COVID-19 cases caused by new highly contagious coronavirus variants, these funds will no doubt be put to good use. We are proud to support CARE and the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in communities here in the U.S., in Europe, and worldwide."
Michelle Nunn, CARE USA President and CEO stated, "As COVID has impacted the lives of hundreds of millions of marginalized people around the world, CARE's life-saving work has never been more important. We want to thank our partners at CytoSorbents for contributing and raising funds for CARE's Crisis Response Campaign, helping ensure access to personal protective equipment, medical care, and health education to prevent and slow COVID's spread. Getting past this pandemic is going to take all of us uniting in a global effort, and corporate partnerships like this help demonstrate we're in this together."
CARE is making a positive difference in the COVID-19 pandemic
For 75 years, CARE has worked around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, achieve social justice, and create better lives for many of the world's most vulnerable people. CARE's Crisis Response Campaign continues to play a central role in combating the pandemic, providing vaccine access, clean water, food, financial assistance, disease prevention education, hand washing stations, and care packages, consisting of masks, soap, detergent, water canisters, and disinfectant to families, emergency shelters, and refugee camps across 69 countries to date. In addition, the Fund has financed mass media campaigns reaching nearly 216 million people with information on COVID-19 prevention and services, including public service announcements encouraging vaccination.
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 ad...
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