Item 8.01 Other Events

On July 21, 2020, the CytoSorbents Corporation (the "Company") received notification that it received a U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity Award (the "USAMRAAA") for its HemoDefend™ platform, a development-stage technology designed to be a practical, low cost, and effective way to safeguard the quality and safety of the blood supply. The USAMRAAA award, for up to $4,421,487.00, was granted to the Company in order to develop a highly efficient adsorber to remove anti-A and Anti-B antibodies from blood and plasma for transfusion. This Award is supported by the U.S. Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP)/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) under Contract No. W81XWH2010712. HemoDefend is not yet approved in the U.S. or elsewhere.

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