Cerus Corporation Celebrates World Blood Donor Day 2021 - Seite 2

“The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many aspects of our everyday lives, but it also had a significant impact on transfusion medicine as blood centers and hospitals faced blood component shortages,” continued Greenman. “This ongoing reminder of the importance blood donors play is cause to celebrate their direct contributions to patients who rely on these lifesaving blood products even amid a pandemic.”

During the month of June, Cerus Corporation is hosting or sponsoring various events to mark these two milestones, including a sponsored in-house blood drive and social media awareness campaign on LinkedIn.

1. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/blood-safety-and-availability
2. Lennie To, MS, Tyler Dunnington, MS, Christy Thomas, MS., et al. The United States’ potential blood donor pool: updating the prevalence of donor exclusion factors on the pool of potential donors. Transfusion. 2019. doi:10.1111/trf.15573
3. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Pneumocystis pneumonia—Los Angeles. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1981;30:250–2.PubMed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6265753/]

ABOUT CERUS

Cerus Corporation is dedicated solely to safeguarding the world’s blood supply and aims to become the preeminent global blood products company. Headquartered in Concord, California, the company develops and supplies vital technologies and pathogen-protected blood components to blood centers, hospitals, and ultimately patients who rely on safe blood. The INTERCEPT Blood System for platelets and plasma is available globally and remains the only pathogen reduction system with both CE mark and FDA approval for these two blood components. The INTERCEPT red blood cell system is under regulatory review in Europe, and in late-stage clinical development in the US. Also in the US, the INTERCEPT Blood System for Cryoprecipitation is approved for the production of INTERCEPT Fibrinogen Complex, a therapeutic product for the treatment and control of bleeding, including massive hemorrhage, associated with fibrinogen deficiency. For more information about Cerus, visit www.cerus.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

INTERCEPT and the INTERCEPT Blood System are trademarks of Cerus Corporation.

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