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Axogen Sponsors Donate Life at 2021 Virtual Rose Parade Celebration
ALACHUA, Fla., Dec. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Axogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for
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[{"type":"text","content":"ALACHUA, Fla., Dec. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Axogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for damage or transection to peripheral nerves, announced today their sponsorship of Donate Life at the annual Tournament of Roses® celebration. For 2021, the Rose Parade will be held as a televised special in Pasadena, CA on New Year’s Day. This year’s Donate Life Rose Parade Celebration will honor 21 donors from across the country who have given the life-changing gift of donated tissue. Donate Life will also recognize six transplant professionals, including a nerve repair surgeon, for making donation and transplantation possible throughout the pandemic. Donate Life will prepare a “Community of Life” floral sculpture tribute for the event that honors the donors and health care heroes. “The need for tissue and organ donation does not diminish during a pandemic,” said Karen Zaderej, chairman, CEO, and president of Axogen. “We are proud to support Donate Life as they continue to inspire people to register as organ and tissue donors. Pursuing our mission to restore nerve function and quality of life to patients with nerve injuries would not be possible without the gift of donated tissue.” Axogen works year-round to support organizations like Donate Life and encourage organ and tissue donation. Register today to become an organ, eye or tissue donor by visiting www.DonateLife.net. About Donate Life AmericaDonate Life America is a nonprofit organization leading its national partners and Donate Life State Teams to increase the number of donated organs, eyes and tissues available to save and heal lives through transplantation while developing a culture where donation is embraced as a fundamental human responsibility. DLA manages and promotes Donate Life℠, the national brand for the cause of donation; motivates the public to register as organ, eye and tissue donors; provides education about living donation; manages the National Donate Life Registry at RegisterMe.org; and develops and executes effective multi-media campaigns to promote donation. About AxogenAxogen (AXGN) is the leading company focused specifically on the science, development and commercialization of technologies for peripheral nerve regeneration and repair. Axogen employees are passionate about helping to restore periphera...