Avance Nerve Graft Recipient Selected to Ride on Donate Life Rose Parade Float - Seite 2

“By showcasing Jessica’s story and those of others who have been touched by donation, we hope to inspire people to register as an organ and tissue donor and by doing so make a positive impact on the lives of many,” said Karen Zaderej, chairman, CEO, and president of Axogen. “We recognize that our ability to provide Avance Nerve Graft to patients like Jessica is made possible by the gift of donated tissue and the work of organizations such as Donate Life.”

The theme for the 131^st Rose Parade is “The Power of Hope.” Jessica will ride alongside 17 other organ, eye, or tissue recipients, honoring the gift of donation. The Donate Life Rose Parade float is the centerpiece of a national effort of more than 50 organizations to reach a broad audience with the simple, life-giving message that organ, eye, and tissue donation saves and improves lives.

About Donate Life America
Donate Life America is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit alliance of national organizations and state teams across the United States committed to increasing organ, eye and tissue donation. Donate Life America manages and promotes the national brand for donation, Donate Life, and assists Donate Life State Teams and national partners in facilitating high-performing donor registries; developing and executing effective multi-media donor education programs; and motivating the American public to register now as organ, eye and tissue donors.

About Axogen
Axogen (AXGN) is the leading company focused specifically on the science, development and commercialization of technologies for peripheral nerve regeneration and repair. We are passionate about helping to restore peripheral nerve function and quality of life to patients with physical damage or transection to peripheral nerves by providing innovative, clinically proven and economically effective repair solutions for surgeons and health care providers. Peripheral nerves provide the pathways for both motor and sensory signals throughout the body. Every day, people suffer traumatic injuries or undergo surgical procedures that impact the function of their peripheral nerves. Physical damage to a peripheral nerve, or the inability to properly reconnect peripheral nerves, can result in the loss of muscle or organ function, the loss of sensory feeling, or the initiation of pain.