UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 21, 2018

 

CYTOSORBENTS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 001-36792 98-0373793
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

7 Deer Park Drive, Suite K,

Monmouth Junction, New Jersey

 

08852

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

  

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (732) 329-8885

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

  Emerging Growth Company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.


On August 21, 2018, CytoSorbents Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded the Company a three-year Phase IIB Bridge SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) award, valued at up to $3 million, to facilitate and accelerate the commercialization of the Company’s HemoDefend™ red blood cell (RBC) transfusion filter.

 

The full text of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No. Description
99.1 CytoSorbents Corporation Press Release, dated August 21, 2018.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Dated:  August 24, 2018 CYTOSORBENTS CORPORATION
     
   By: /s/ Dr. Phillip P. Chan
  Name: Dr. Phillip P. Chan
  Title:

President and

Chief Executive Officer