CytoSorbents Appoints Terri Anne Powers, IRC as Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ:CTSO), a critical care therapy leader commercializing its CytoSorb® blood purification technology to treat deadly conditions in critically ill and cardiac surgery patients around the world, announces the appointment of Terri Anne Powers, MBA, IRC, as Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications effective today. 

Ms. Powers was most recently Vice President of Investor Relations at publicly-traded Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc., the largest independent provider of specialty pharmacy services in the United States, prior to its acquisition in 2020.  At Diplomat, she established the in-house investor relations function and supported overall corporate communications.  Prior to Diplomat, Ms. Powers spent nine years as Director of North American Investor Relations for France-based Veolia Environnement, a publicly-traded global water, waste, and energy services leader.

Powers has more than 15 years of experience in the healthcare industry.  In addition to her time at Diplomat, Powers spent seven years as an associate sell side analyst covering healthcare distribution and services equities at Robert W. Baird and Prudential Securities.  Ms. Powers started her career as a chemist conducting research and development in the pharmaceutical industry at the G.D. Searle unit of Monsanto, where she also held other roles in preclinical drug development and as a global market research analyst.

Ms. Powers received her M.B.A. in finance and strategic management from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.  She received her B.S. in chemistry from Alma College, where she graduated with summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors.  Ms. Powers is also an active member of NIRI, the National Investor Relations Institute, and holds the Investor Relations Charter (IRC) credential.

Ms. Powers stated, "I am thrilled to join CytoSorbents at such an exciting time and look forward to working with the leadership team and Board of Directors to increase the Company's visibility in the capital markets and broader stakeholder community.  A key focus will be to foster an open dialog with all current and prospective investors, while systematically cultivating and expanding the shareholder base to a broader set of investors, both domestic and international.  I believe that CytoSorbents' mission to save lives through blood purification is such a compelling story that it needs to be heard more broadly."

Dr. Phillip Chan, Chief Executive Officer of CytoSorbents stated, "We are delighted to welcome Terri Anne as Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, bringing this position in-house for the first time.  Terri Anne has established a reputation in the healthcare industry as a smart, credible, articulate, and responsive IR professional and analyst, with strong relationships among many major investors.  The dedicated focus and skill set she brings to CytoSorbents is perfectly timed as we communicate our exciting growth story and path to potential U.S. FDA approval to investors, our business partners, and the medical community worldwide."

About CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO)

CytoSorbents Corporation is a leader in critical care immunotherapy, specializing in 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" that may result in massive inflammation, organ failure and death in common critical illnesses. These are conditions where the risk of death can be extremely high, yet no effective treatments exist.  CytoSorb® is also being used during and after cardiac surgery to remove inflammatory mediators that can lead to post-operative complications, including multiple organ failure. CytoSorb® has been used in more than 131,000 human treatments to date.  CytoSorb has received CE-Mark label expansions for the removal of bilirubin (liver disease), myoglobin (trauma), and both ticagrelor and rivaroxaban during cardiothoracic surgery.  CytoSorb has also received FDA Emergency Use Authorization in the United States for use in critically ill COVID-19 patients with imminent or confirmed respiratory failure, in defined circumstances.  CytoSorb has also been granted FDA Breakthrough Designation for the removal of ticagrelor in a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit during emergent and urgent cardiothoracic surgery.

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 products under development based upon this unique blood purification technology protected by many issued U.S. and international patents and multiple applications pending, including ECOS-300CY®, CytoSorb-XL™, HemoDefend-RBC™, HemoDefend-BGA™, VetResQ®, K⁺ontrol™, DrugSorb™, 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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CytoSorbents Investor Relations Contact:

Terri Anne Powers

Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

732-482-9984

[email protected]

Public Relations Contact:

Eric Kim

Rubenstein Public Relations

212-805-3055

[email protected]

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