CytoSorbents Added to the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 Indexes

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., June 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a critical care immunotherapy leader using its CytoSorb® blood purification technology to treat deadly inflammation in critically-ill and cardiac surgery patients around the world, announced that it has been added to the Russell 2000® and Russell 3000® Indexes as part of the annual FTSE Russell reconstitution, that went into effect yesterday, June 25, 2018. 

The Russell 2000 Index is one of the most widely quoted benchmarks for small capitalization stocks in the U.S., representing approximately 2,000 small cap companies with a median market capitalization of $933 million, as of May 31, 2018.  The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the broader Russell 3000 Index that benchmarks the entire U.S. stock market.

Dr. Phillip Chan, Chief Executive Officer of CytoSorbents stated, "We are pleased to be added to the Russell 2000® and Russell 3000®, and to exchange traded funds (ETF) and other investment vehicles that are based on these indexes.  ETFs based on the Russell 2000, for example, are a very popular, highly liquid, and diversified way for institutional and retail investors to broadly play the small cap sector, drawing tremendous money flows.  Our addition to these indexes represents a significant milestone in our company's evolution, and is expected to add to the liquidity and trading volume of our stock - a very important factor for all of our current and future investors."

FTSE Russell is a wholly owned subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and a leading global index, data and analytics provider. According to the group, each June the entire family of Russell U.S. indexes are realigned and recalibrated, adding and deleting companies to reflect market changes in the last year.  Approximately $9 trillion in assets under management (AUM) are benchmarked to or invested in products based on the Russell U.S. Indexes, underscoring the importance of reconstitution to investors and the markets. 

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 45 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® is also being used during and after cardiac surgery to remove inflammatory mediators that can lead to post-operative complications, including multiple organ failure. CytoSorbents is conducting its pivotal REFRESH 2-AKI trial – a multi-center, randomized controlled, clinical trial intended to support U.S. regulatory approval of CytoSorb for use in a heart-lung machine during complex cardiac surgery to reduce organ injury.  CytoSorb® has been used in more than 40,000 human treatments to date.

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 $22 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) and others. The Company has numerous products under development based upon this unique patented blood purification technology 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.

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CytoSorbents Contact:
Amy Vogel
Investor Relations
732-398-5394   
[email protected]

Investor Relations Contact:
Jeremy Feffer
LifeSci Advisors 
917-749-1494 
[email protected]

Public Relations Contact:
Joshua Berkman
Rubenstein Public Relations
212-805-3055  
[email protected]

SOURCE CytoSorbents Corporation

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