UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April 28, 2020

 

CYTOSORBENTS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-36792   98-0373793
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

7 Deer Park Drive, Suite K,

Monmouth Junction, New Jersey

 

08852

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (732) 329-8885

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
common stock, $0.001 par value CTSO The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Capital Market)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as de ned in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging Growth Company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised nancial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

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Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On April 28, 2020, CytoSorbents Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release to announce that, on May 5, 2020, the Company will report its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. The Company also announced that members of the Company’s management will host a live conference call and presentation webcast on May 5, 2020 at 4:45 P.M. EST to recount both operational and financial progress during the quarter ended March 31, 2020, followed by a question and answer session. The press release includes instructions regarding how to join the conference call and presentation. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press Release of the Company, dated April 28, 2020

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: April 30, 2020 CYTOSORBENTS CORPORATION
     
  By: /s/ Dr. Phillip P. Chan
  Name: Dr. Phillip P. Chan
  Title:

President and

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

CytoSorbents to Report Q1 2020 Operating and Financial Results

 

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., April 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a critical care immunotherapy leader commercializing its CytoSorb® blood purification technology to treat deadly inflammation in critically-ill and cardiac surgery patients around the world, will report Q1 2020 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. 


CYTOSORBENTS CORPORATION (NASDAQ: CTSO) IS A LEADER IN BLOOD PURIFICATION TO TREAT CYTOKINE STORM AND DEADLY INFLAMMATION IN LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES WITH ITS FLAGSHIP PRODUCT, CYTOSORB. CYTOSORB IS APPROVED IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND DISTRIBUTED IN 58 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. (PRNEWSFOTO|CYTOSORBENTS CORPORATION)

 

CytoSorbents’ management will host a live conference call and presentation webcast that will recount both operational and financial progress during Q1 2020 followed by a question and answer session.

 

Conference Call Details:  
Date:                   Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Time:                       4:45 PM Eastern
Toll Free:                         877-451-6152
International:         201-389-0879
Conference ID:                13701769
Live Presentation Webcast:    http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=139054

 

It is recommended that participants dial in approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call.  There will also be a simultaneous live webcast of the conference call that can be accessed through the following audio feed link:  http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=139054

 

An archived recording of the conference call will be available under the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at http://cytosorbents.com/investor-relations/financial-results/

 

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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 58 countries around the world, as an extracorporeal cytokine adsorber designed to reduce the “cytokine storm” or “cytokine release syndrome” that could otherwise cause massive inflammation, organ failure and death in common critical illnesses. These are conditions where the risk of death is extremely high, yet no effective treatments exist. CytoSorb® has been used in more than 80,000 human treatments to date.  CytoSorb has 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 nearly $29 million from DARPA, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the U.S. Army, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), the U.S. Air Force, 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 CytoSorb-XL™, HemoDefend™, VetResQ™, K+ontrol™, ContrastSorb, DrugSorb, 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.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release includes forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our plans, objectives, representations and contentions and are not historical facts and typically are identified by use of terms such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue” and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. You should be aware that the forward-looking statements in this press release represent management’s current judgment and expectations, but our actual results, events and performance could differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors which could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, our ability to leverage designation of CytoSorb as a breakthrough device under the FDA’s  Breakthrough Devices Program in order to expedite the development, assessment, and regulatory review of CytoSorb, as well as the risks discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 5, 2020, as updated by the risks reported in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K, and in the press releases and other communications to shareholders issued by us from time to time which attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors which may affect our business. We caution you not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, particularly in light of the current coronavirus pandemic, where businesses can be impacted by rapidly changing state and federal regulations, as well as the health and availability of their workforce. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, other than as required under the Federal securities laws. 

 

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CytoSorbents Contact: 
Amy Vogel
(732) 398-5394
avogel@cytosorbents.com

 

Investor Relations Contact: 
Jeremy Feffer
LifeSci Advisors
917-749-1494
jeremy@lifesciadvisors.com

 

Public Relations Contact:
Eric Kim 
Rubenstein Public Relations
212-805-3052
ekim@rubensteinpr.com

 

SOURCE CytoSorbents Corporation

 

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