Cerus Corporation
Cerus and Grifols Extend INTERCEPT Blood System Distribution to Italy
Published in Health Risk Factor Week, June 9th, 2009
Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) and Grifols S.A. (MCE:GRF) announced that the two companies have entered into an agreement extending Grifols’ INTERCEPT platelet and plasma distribution territory to include Italy. The INTERCEPT Blood System inactivates a broad range of viruses, bacteria and parasites that may contaminate donated blood components, including emerging pathogens such as West Nile virus, Chikungunya and influenza virus.
Under terms of this new agreement, Grifols will sell, deploy and support the INTERCEPT Blood System in Italy. In 2007, the companies entered a similar distribution agreement for Spain and Portugal, and in 2008 the territory was expanded to...
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