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CytoSorbents and Aferetica Announce European Union Approval of the PerLife™ System and ECOS-300CY™ PerSorb™ Cartridge for Combined Perfusion and Purification of Solid Organs Dedicated to Transplant
NEW JERSEY and BOLOGNA, Italy, Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO; USA) and Aferetica srl (Italy), two pioneers in intensive
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[{"type":"text","content":"NEW JERSEY and BOLOGNA, Italy, Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO; USA) and Aferetica srl (Italy), two pioneers in intensive care immunotherapy and blood purification, announce the European Union approval of Aferetica's PerLife™ ex vivo organ perfusion system and CytoSorbents' ECOS-300CY™ sorbent cartridge for the removal of inflammatory mediators during ex vivo organ perfusion. The integrated system was developed in concert to improve the preservation and quality of solid organs, like the kidneys and liver, following harvest and prior to transplant into a new recipient. Aferetica and CytoSorbents have worked closely together to ensure mutual compatibility of their technologies and will introduce the PerLife System and PerSorb™ (ECOS-300CY) adsorber dedicated to Aferetica, with a commercial launch in Italy this quarter.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nPerLife is a revolutionary, integrated, therapeutic system for organ transplant that is the first to provide both perfusion and purification of the kidney and the liver, following organ retrieval and before organ implantation. The platform integrates newly patented and innovative technologies creating an all-in-one machine capable of covering the broad range of temperature preservation techniques (Hypo-, normo-, and sub-normothermic) while incorporating the CytoSorbents ECOS-300CY perfusion cartridge to remove inflammatory mediators that can compromise the health and quality of the organs. The main goal of combined therapies is to increase successful solid organ transplants by helping to preserve good organs, rehabilitate sub-optimally functioning ones, and to increase the overall pool of viable organs to meet the growing worldwide demand for transplanted organs. Today, this need is being driven by record rates of kidney and liver failure caused by globally pervasive health crises such as the aging population, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, alcoholism, hepatitis, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), also called \"fatty liver.\"\nDr. Mauro Atti, Chief Executive Officer of Aferetica, said, \"With the creation of PerLife™ and its E.U. certification, we are now entering the commercial phase for organ perfusion and real-world clinical usage. This follows five years of development and fine-tuning, including a fruitful three-year partnership with CytoSor...