Cerus Corporation announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval of 12-month shelf life for INTERCEPT Platelet Processing Sets, from the date of manufacture, effective immediately. This approval extends the set shelf life by six months from the existing six-month shelf life that took effect following a set component change last year. All INTERCEPT Platelet Processing Sets in both customer and Cerus inventories are now eligible for this six-month extension.

This shelf-life extension applies to all sizes of INTERCEPT Platelet Processing Sets currently available in the U.S. The Company is continuing to generate additional data to pursue potential shelf life extension from the FDA beyond 12 months for the INTERCEPT Platelet Processing Sets.