UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) 
 

 
Nevada
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or
Organization)
3841
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
98-0373793
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

7 Deer Park Drive, Suite K
Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852
(732) 329-8885
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
 
Al Kraus
President and Chief Executive Officer
MedaSorb Technologies Corporation
7 Deer Park Drive, Suite K
Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852
(732) 329-8885
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
 
Copies to:
Eric M Stein, Esq.
Anslow Jaclin LLP
195 Route 9 South, Suite 204
Manalapan, NJ 07726
 
Approximate Date of Commencement of Proposed Sale to the Public:  From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.



If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, please check the following box. x
 
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of EachClass
Of Securities to be Registered
 
Amount To
Be Registered (1)
 
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share (2)
 
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
 
Amount of
Registration
Fee
 
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, issuable upon the conversion of Series B 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred
     
146,219,530
   
$
0.03
   
$
4,386,586
   
$
172.39
 
 
                 
Total
   
146,219,530
 
$
0.03
 
$
4,386,585
 
$
172.39
 

(1)
The 146,219,530 shares of Common Stock consist of the Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of 52,931.47 shares of Series B 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock. In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock that shall become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933. For purposes of this table, we have used the average of the closing bid and asked prices of the registrant’s Common Stock on December 5, 2008, 6 days prior to the initial filing of this registration statement, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board.
 
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine.

THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS MAY NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS ARE NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.



SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED DECEMBER __, 2008

MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

146,219,530 Shares of Common Stock

This prospectus relates to the sale of up to 146,219,530 shares of our Common Stock by some of our stockholders. The shares offered by this prospectus include:

 
·
141,298,343 shares issuable to the selling stockholders upon the conversion of 51,150 shares of our Series B 10% Cumulative Convertible Series B Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”), and

 
·
4,921,187 shares issuable upon the conversion of 1,781.47 additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock received in exchange for the Promissory Notes with the aggregate principal amount of $175,000 plus $3,147 of accrued interest.
 
For a list of the selling stockholders, please see “Selling Stockholders.” We are not selling any shares of Common Stock in this offering and therefore will not receive any proceeds from this offering.
 
These shares may be sold by the selling stockholders from time to time in the over-the-counter market or other national securities exchange or automated interdealer quotation system on which our Common Stock is then listed or quoted, through negotiated transactions or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at negotiated prices.
 
Our Common Stock currently trades in the over-the-counter market and is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “MSBT.” On December 5, 2008, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock was $0.03 per share.
 
Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risks. Please refer to the “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities, or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
The date of this prospectus is December __, 2008.


 
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
This summary highlights selected information from this prospectus and may not contain all of the information that is important to an investor. We encourage you to read this entire prospectus, including our consolidated financial statements and the notes to our consolidated financial statements completely and carefully before deciding whether to invest in our Common Stock. You should also review the other available information referred to in the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information” on page 62.
 
Summary of Our Business
 
We are a medical device company that is currently in the development stage, headquartered in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey (near Princeton). We have developed and will seek to commercialize a blood purification technology that we believe will be able to efficiently remove middle molecular weight toxins from circulating blood. We will be required to obtain required approvals from the United States Food and Drug Administration before we can sell our products in the United States. In December 2006, we submitted a proposed pilot study for approval to the FDA with respect to CytoSorb™, the first device we intend to bring to market. In the first quarter of 2007, we received approval from the FDA to conduct a limited study of five patients in the adjunctive treatment of sepsis. Based upon our management’s belief that proceeding with the approved limited study would add at least one year to the approval process for the U.S., we made a determination to focus our efforts on obtaining CE Mark regulatory approval in Europe before proceeding with the FDA.

Since we believe that the path to a CE Mark should be faster than FDA approval, we have targeted Europe for the initial market introduction of our CytoSorbTM. We estimate that the market potential in Europe for our products is substantially equivalent to that in the U.S., given the opportunity to conduct a much larger clinical study in Europe. To accomplish the European introduction, in July 2007, we prepared and filed a request for a clinical trial with German regulators. We received approval of the final study design in October, 2007. The clinical study allows for enrollment of up to 80 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome or acute lung injury in the setting of sepsis. We have recently made arrangements with several hospitals in Germany to conduct the clinical studies, and to date, have enrolled fifteen (15) patients in the study.

The clinical protocol for our European clinical study has been designed to allow us to gather information to support future U.S. studies. In the event we receive the CE Mark approval and are able to successfully commercialize our products in the European market, we will reconsider our plans for the U.S. to determine whether to conduct clinical trials in support of 510K or PMA registration required by the FDA.

However, there can be no assurance that we will eventually obtain CE Mark regulatory approval for our CytoSorb™ or any other device in Europe. Even if we ultimately obtain CE Mark approval, there can be no assurance as to when such approval will be obtained because we cannot control the timing of responses from regulators to our submissions. Moreover, even if we eventually obtain the CE Mark approval, there is no assurance that we will continue the proceeding with the FDA or that we will be able to eventually obtain the FDA approval.

We have developed two products, CytoSorb™ and BetaSorb™ utilizing our adsorbent polymer technology. These products are known medically as hemoperfusion devices. During hemoperfusion, blood is removed from the body via a catheter or other blood access devices, perfused through a filter medium where toxic compounds are removed, and returned to the body.
 
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We intend to initially focus our efforts on the commercialization of our CytoSorb™ product, which we believe will provide a relatively faster regulatory pathway to market. The first indication for CytoSorb™ will be in the treatment of sepsis (bacterial infection of the blood), which causes systematic inflammatory response syndrome. CytoSorb™ has been designed to prevent or reduce the accumulation of high concentrations of cytokines in the bloodstream associated with sepsis. It is intended for short term use as an adjunctive device to the standard treatment of sepsis.
 
The CytoSorb™ device consists of a cylinder containing adsorbent polymer beads. The cylinder incorporates industry standard connectors at either end of the device which connect directly to an extra-corporeal circuit (bloodlines) on a stand-alone basis. The extracorporeal circuit consists of plastic tubing through which the blood flows, our CytoSorb™ cartridge containing adsorbent polymer beads, pressure monitoring gauges, and a blood pump to maintain blood flow. The patient’s blood is accessed through a catheter inserted into his or her veins. The catheter is connected to the extracorporeal circuit and the blood pump draws blood from the patient, pumps it through the cartridge and returns it back to the patient in a closed loop system. As blood passes over the polymer beads in the cylinder, toxins (cytokines) are adsorbed from the blood.
 
To date, we have manufactured the CytoSorb™ device on a limited basis for testing purposes, including for use in clinical studies. We believe that current state of the art blood purification technology (such as dialysis) is incapable of effectively clearing the toxins intended to be adsorbed by our CytoSorb™ device.
 
Following the sepsis indication, we intend to continue our research in other acute conditions where CytoSorb™ has indicated potential in preliminary studies to prevent or reduce the accumulation of cytokines in the bloodstream. These conditions include the prevention of post-operative complications of cardiac surgery (cardiopulmonary bypass surgery) and damage to organs donated for transplant prior to organ harvest. We are also exploring the potential benefits the CytoSorb™ device may have in removing drugs from blood.
 
Previous studies using our BetaSorb™ device in patients with chronic kidney failure have provided valuable data which we will use in conducting clinical studies using our CytoSorb™ device. However, limited studies have been conducted using our CytoSorb™ device to date and no assurance can be given that our proposed CytoSorb™ product will work as intended or that we will be able to obtain CE Mark and/or FDA regulatory approval to sell CytoSorb™. Even if we ultimately obtain regulatory approval(s), because we cannot control the timing of responses from CE Mark and/or FDA submissions, there can be no assurance as to when such approval(s) will be obtained.
 
Our BetaSorb™ device is intended to remove beta2-microglobulin from the blood of patients suffering from chronic kidney failure who rely on long term dialysis therapy to sustain their life. BetaSorb™ utilizes an adsorbent polymer packed into an identically shaped and constructed cylinder as utilized for our CytoSorb™ product, although the polymers used in the two devices are physically different. The BetaSorb™ device also incorporates industry standard connectors at either end of the device which connect directly into the extracorporeal circuit (bloodlines) in series with a dialyser. To date, we have manufactured the BetaSorb™ device on a limited basis for testing purposes, including for use in clinical studies.
 
We had initially identified end stage renal disease (ESRD) as the target market for our polymer-based adsorbent technology. However, during the development of BetaSorb™, we identified several applications for our adsorbent technology in the treatment of critical care patients. As a result, we shifted our priorities to pursue critical care applications (such as for the treatment of sepsis) for our technology given that BetaSorb’s™ potential for usage in chronic conditions such as end stage renal disease is anticipated to have a longer and more complex regulatory pathway. We currently intend to pursue our BetaSorb™ product after the commercialization of the CytoSorb™ product. At such time as we determine to proceed with our proposed BetaSorb™ product, if ever, we will need to conduct additional clinical studies using the BetaSorb™ device and obtain CE Mark and/or FDA regulatory approval(s).
 
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To date, we have conducted clinical studies using our BetaSorb™ device in patients with chronic kidney failure, which have provided valuable data which underpin the development of the critical care applications for our technology. The BetaSorb™ device has been used in a total of three human pilot studies, involving 20 patients, in the U.S. and Europe. The studies included approximately 345 treatments, with some patients using the device for up to 24 weeks (in multiple treatment sessions lasting up to four hours, three times per week) in connection with the application of our products to patients suffering from chronic kidney failure. The BetaSorb™ device design was also tested on a single patient with bacterial sepsis, producing results that our management has found encouraging and consistent with our belief that our device design is appropriate for a more extensive sepsis study. In addition, CytoSorb’s™ ability to interact safely with blood (hemocompatibility) has been demonstrated through ISO 10993 testing. The studies we have done to date were not done in conjunction with obtaining FDA approval for the use of our CytoSorb™ device, the first device we intend to bring to market.
 
We have not generated any revenue to date. We have incurred losses in each of our fiscal years and for the nine months period ended on September 30, 2008. Historically, our losses have resulted principally from costs incurred in the research and development of our polymer technology, and general and administrative expenses. We expect these losses to continue for the foreseeable future.
 
The Company
 
We were incorporated in Nevada on April 25, 2002 as Gilder Enterprises, Inc. and were originally engaged in the business of installing and operating computer networks that provided high-speed access to the Internet. On June 30, 2006, we disposed of our original business, and pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, acquired all of the stock of MedaSorb Technologies, Inc. in a merger, and its business became our business. Following the merger, in August 2006, we changed our name to MedaSorb Technologies Corporation.
 
Our executive offices are located at 7 Deer Park Drive, Suite K, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852. Our telephone number is (732) 329-8885.

THE OFFERING
 
Securities Offered by Selling Stockholders
 
146,219,530 shares of Common Stock, including 141,298,343 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 51,150.00 shares of Series B Preferred Stock; and 4,921,187 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 1,781.47 additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock received in exchange for the Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $175,000 plus $3,147 of accrued interest.
     
Offering Price
 
Determined at the time of sale by the selling stockholders.
 
 
 
Shares of Common Stock outstanding before the offering
 
As of December 5, 2008, we have 25,263,517 shares of Common Stock outstanding.
 
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Shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the offering
 
As of December 5, 2008, we will have 171,483,047 shares of Common Stock outstanding, assuming the selling stockholders convert all their Series B preferred shares, and no conversion of other series of outstanding preferred stock nor exercise of the other outstanding warrants and options.
 
 
 
The Percentage of Outstanding Stock that this Offering Represents Compared to the Total Shares Outstanding
 
85.3%, assuming the selling stockholders exercise all their warrants, and no conversion of other series of outstanding preferred stock nor exercise of the other outstanding warrants and options.
 
 
 
Use of Proceeds
 
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of Common Stock by the selling stockholders. We intend to use the proceeds from the exercise of outstanding warrants covered by this prospectus, if any, for general corporate purposes.
 
 
 
Risk Factors
 
An investment in MedaSorb involves significant risks and uncertainties. See “Risk Factors,” beginning on page 4.

RISK FACTORS
 
An investment in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below before deciding to purchase shares of our Common Stock. If any of the events, contingencies, circumstances or conditions described in the risks below actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be seriously harmed. The trading price of our Common Stock could, in turn, decline and you could lose all or part of your investment.

RISKS RELATED TO OUR INDUSTRY AND OUR BUSINESS

We currently have no commercial operations and there can be no assurance that we will be successful in developing commercial operations.
 
We are a development stage company and have been engaged primarily in research and development activities and have not generated any revenues to date. There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully manage the transition to a commercial enterprise. Potential investors should be aware of the problems, delays, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by an enterprise in the early stage of development, which include unanticipated problems relating to development of proposed products, testing, regulatory compliance, manufacturing, competition, marketing problems and additional costs and expenses that may exceed current estimates. Our proposed products will require significant additional research and testing, and we will need to overcome significant regulatory burdens prior to commercialization. Even though we have raised $5,293,147 in a Series B Preferred Stock financing closed through August 2008, which includes $178,147 in promissory notes and accrued interest converted in the offering, there can be no assurance that after the expenditure of substantial funds and efforts, we will successfully develop and commercialize any products, generate any revenues or ever achieve and maintain a substantial level of sales of our products. The Company will require additional funds in the short term.
 
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We have a history of losses and expect to incur substantial future losses, and the report of our auditor on our consolidated financial statements expresses substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
 
We have experienced substantial operating losses since inception. As of September 30, 2008, we had an accumulated deficit of $74,637,905 which included losses from operations of $870,331 and $2,328,242 for the three and nine months periods ended September 30, 2008. Due to these losses, our audited consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming we will continue as a going concern, and the auditors’ report on our December 31, 2007 financial statements express substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our losses have resulted principally from costs incurred in the research and development of our polymer technology and general and administrative expenses. Because our predecessor was a limited liability company until December 2005, substantially all of these losses were allocated to that company’s members and will not be available for tax purposes to us in future periods. We intend to conduct significant additional research, development, and clinical study activities which, together with expenses incurred for the establishment of manufacturing arrangements and marketing and distribution presence and other general and administrative expenses, are expected to result in continuing operating losses for the foreseeable future. The amount of future losses and when, if ever, we will achieve profitability are uncertain.

Our ability to achieve profitability will depend, among other things, on successfully completing the development of our technology and commercial products, obtaining the requisite regulatory approvals, establishing manufacturing and sales and marketing arrangements with third parties, and raising sufficient funds to finance our activities. No assurance can be given that our product development efforts will be successful, that required regulatory approvals will be obtained, that any of our products will be manufactured at a competitive cost and will be of acceptable quality, or that the we will be able to achieve profitability or that profitability, if achieved, can be sustained.
  
We depend upon key personnel who may terminate their employment with us at any time.
 
We currently have only eight employees. Our success will depend to a significant degree upon the continued services of our key management and advisors, including, Al Kraus, our Chief Executive Officer; David Lamadrid, our Chief Financial Officer; Vincent Capponi, our Chief Operating Officer; and Dr. James Winchester, our Chief Medical Officer, who is employed by us on a part time basis

In connection with the private placement of Series B Preferred Stock, each of Al Kraus, David Lamadrid, and Vincent Capponi entered into a new Employment Agreement, pursuant to which their employment will terminate on December 31, 2008 without automatic renewal. There can be no assurance that they will continue to provide services to us. Effective as of December 31, 2008, Al Kraus will be stepping down from his position as president and Chief Executive Officer. We have appointed Dr. Phillip Chan to replace him as the Interim CEO. Mr. Kraus will remain with us as a Director.

In addition, our success will depend on our ability to attract and retain other highly skilled personnel. We may be unable to recruit such personnel on a timely basis, if at all. Management and other employees may voluntarily terminate their employment with us at any time. The loss of services of key personnel, or the inability to attract and retain additional qualified personnel, could result in delays in development or approval of our products, loss of sales and diversion of management resources.
 
Our Chief Medical Officer’s primary employment is with another employer.
 
Dr. James Winchester, our Chief Medical Officer, serves as the Chief of Beth Israel Medical Center’s Nephrology division. Although the time Dr. Winchester provides to us varies from time to time, it is generally in the range of one-half day to one full day per week. Because Dr. Winchester’s primary employment is with Beth Israel Medical Center, Dr. Winchester may not always be available to provide us with his services when needed by us in a timely manner.
 
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Acceptance of our medical devices in the marketplace is uncertain, and failure to achieve market acceptance will prevent or delay our ability to generate revenues.
 
Our future financial performance will depend, at least in part, upon the introduction and customer acceptance of our polymer products. Even if approved for marketing by the necessary regulatory authorities, our products may not achieve market acceptance. The degree of market acceptance will depend upon a number of factors, including:
 
 
·
the receipt of regulatory clearance of marketing claims for the uses that we are developing;
 
·
the establishment and demonstration of the advantages, safety and efficacy of the our polymer technology;
 
·
pricing and reimbursement policies of government and third-party payers such as insurance companies, health maintenance organizations and other health plan administrators;
 
·
our ability to attract corporate partners, including medical device companies, to assist in commercializing our products; and
 
·
our ability to market our products.

Physicians, patients, payers or the medical community in general may be unwilling to accept, utilize or recommend any of our products. If we are unable to obtain regulatory approval or commercialize and market our products when planned, we may not achieve any market acceptance or generate revenue.
 
We may face litigation from third parties claiming that our products infringe on their patent, trademark or other intellectual property rights, or seek to challenge the validity of our patents.
 
Our future success is also dependent on the strength of our intellectual property, trade secrets and know-how, which have been developed from years of research and development. In addition to the two litigations discussed below which we have settled, we may be exposed to additional future litigation by third parties seeking to challenge the validity of our rights based on claims that our technologies, products or activities infringe the intellectual property rights of others or are invalid, or that we have misappropriated the trade secrets of others.

“Alkermes” Litigation

In February 2008, Alkermes, Inc. commenced an action against us in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging that our use of the name MedaSorb infringes on Alkermes’ registered trademark “MEDISORB.” In the action, Alkermes sought an injunction against our further use of the name Medasorb. Pursuant to a Settlement Agreement dated June 18, 2008, we will continue to use the name MedaSorb Technologies Corporation for the near term, but its wholly-owned subsidiary, through which we conduct all of its operational activities, has ceased using the “MedaSorb” name to avoid any potential confusion with Alkermes’ similarly named product. The subsidiary has been renamed CytoSorbents, Inc.

“Purolite” Litigation

Since our inception, we have sought to contract with large, established manufacturers to supply commercial quantities of our adsorbent polymers. As a result, we have disclosed, under confidentiality agreements, various aspects of our technology with potential manufacturers. We believe that these disclosures, while necessary for our business, have resulted in the attempt by potential suppliers to assert ownership claims to our technology in an attempt to gain an advantage in negotiating manufacturing rights.
 
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We have previously engaged in discussions with the Brotech Corporation and its affiliate, Purolite International, Inc. (collectively “Purolite”), which had demonstrated a strong interest in being our polymer manufacturer. For a period of time beginning in December 1998, Purolite engaged in efforts to develop and optimize the manufacturing process needed to produce our polymer products on a commercial scale. However, the parties eventually decided not to proceed. In 2003, Purolite filed a lawsuit against us asserting, among other things, co-ownership and co-inventorship of certain of our patents. On September 1, 2006, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania approved a Stipulated Order and Settlement Agreement under which we and Purolite agreed to the settlement of the action. The Settlement Agreement provides us with the exclusive right to use our patented technology and proprietary know how relating to adsorbent polymers for a period of 18 years. Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, we have agreed to pay Purolite royalties of 2.5% to 5% on the sale of certain of our products if and when those products are sold commercially.
 
Several years ago we engaged in discussions with the Dow Chemical Company, which had indicated a strong interest in being our polymer manufacturer. After a Dow representative on our Advisory Board resigned, Dow filed and received several patents naming our former Advisory Board member as an inventor. In management’s view the Dow patents improperly incorporate our technology and should not have been granted to Dow. The existence of these Dow patents could result in a potential dispute with Dow in the future and additional expenses for us.
 
We have temporarily ceased the application process with the FDA and commenced the process to obtain CE Mark approval of our products in the Europe market.
 
The FDA has only approved us to conduct a limited study of five (5) patients in the adjunctive treatment of sepsis. Because we believe this will delay our application process in the United States for at least one year, we have decided to temporarily cease proceeding with the FDA and have commenced the application process of seeking CE Mark approval of our products in the Europe market. The CE Mark approval process in Europe will involve pilot and pivotal clinical studies and is still lengthy and costly, even if we believe it is faster than the FDA approval process. The failure to obtain the CE Mark approvals for our polymer products, or to comply with ongoing governmental regulations could prevent, delay or limit introduction or sale of our products and result in the failure to achieve revenues or maintain our operations.

After we obtain the CE Mark approval for our products in Europe, we will consider resuming the application process with the FDA. Even if the clinical protocol for our European clinical study has been designed to allow us to gather information to support future studies, there is no assurance that we will eventually obtain the FDA approval. In addition, there can be no assurance that government regulations applicable to our products or the interpretation of those regulations will not change.

To commercialize our products in the U.S. Market, we also will be subject to other Federal, state, and local laws, regulations and recommendations relating to laboratory and manufacturing practices as well as Medicare, Medicaid and anti-kickback laws. Non-compliance with applicable requirements can result in civil penalties, the recall, injunction or seizure of products, an inability to import products into the United States, the refusal by the government to approve or clear product approval applications, the withdrawal of previously approved product applications and criminal prosecution. The extent of potentially adverse government regulation that might arise from future legislation or administrative action cannot be predicted.
 
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We have conducted limited clinical studies of our BetaSorb™ device and have only recently commenced our first clinical study of our CytoSorb™ device. Clinical and pre-clinical data is susceptible to varying interpretations, which could delay, limit or prevent regulatory clearances.
 
To date, we have conducted limited clinical studies on our products. There can be no assurance that we will successfully complete the clinical studies necessary to receive regulatory approvals. While studies conducted by us and others have produced results we believe to be encouraging and indicative of the potential efficacy of our products and technology, data already obtained, or in the future obtained, from pre-clinical studies and clinical studies do not necessarily predict the results that will be obtained from later pre-clinical studies and clinical studies. Moreover, pre-clinical and clinical data are susceptible to varying interpretations, which could delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval. A number of companies in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries have suffered significant setbacks in advanced clinical studies, even after promising results in earlier studies. The failure to adequately demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of an intended product under development could delay or prevent regulatory clearance of the device, resulting in delays to commercialization, and could materially harm our business.
 
We rely extensively on research and testing facilities at various universities and institutions, which could be adversely affect us should we lose access to those facilities.
 
Although we have our own research laboratories and clinical facilities, we collaborate with numerous institutions, universities and commercial entities to conduct research and studies of our products. We currently maintain a good working relationship with these parties. However, should the situation change, the cost and time to establish or locate alternative research and development could be substantial and delay the CE Mark approval and commercializing our products in the European market.
 
We are and will be exposed to product liability risks, and clinical and preclinical liability risks, which could place a substantial financial burden upon us should we be sued.
 
Our business exposes us to potential product liability and other liability risks that are inherent in the testing, manufacturing and marketing of medical devices. We cannot be sure that claims will not be asserted against us. A successful liability claim or series of claims brought against us could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
Our current clinical trial liability insurance expires in April of 2009. We cannot give assurances that we will be able to obtain or maintain adequate product liability insurance on acceptable terms, if at all, or that such insurance will provide adequate coverage against potential liabilities. Claims or losses in excess of any product liability insurance coverage that we may obtain could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
Certain university and other relationships are important to our business and may potentially result in conflicts of interests.
 
Clinical experts such as Dr. John Kellum, among others, are critical care advisors and consultants of ours and are associated with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Reliance on outside experts with their respective institutional associations may currently or in the future involve conflicting interests in the event they or these institutions enter into consulting or other arrangements with competitors of ours.
 
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We have limited manufacturing experience, and once our products are approved, we may not be able to manufacture sufficient quantities at an acceptable cost, or without shut-downs or delays.
 
We remain in the research and development and clinical and pre-clinical study phase of product commercialization. Accordingly, once our products are approved for commercial sale, we will need to establish the capability to commercially manufacture our products in accordance with FDA and other regulatory requirements. We have limited experience in establishing, supervising and conducting commercial manufacturing. If we or the third-party manufacturers of our products fail to adequately establish, supervise and conduct all aspects of the manufacturing processes, we may not be able to commercialize our products.
 
Due to our limited marketing, sales and distribution experience, we may be unsuccessful in our efforts to sell our products.
 
We expect to enter into agreements with third parties for the commercial manufacture and distribution of our products. There can be no assurance that parties we may engage to market and distribute our products will:
 
 
·
satisfy their financial or contractual obligations to us;
 
·
adequately market our products; or
 
·
not offer, design, manufacture or promote competing products.

If for any reason any party we engage is unable or chooses not to perform its obligations under our marketing and distribution agreement, we would experience delays in product sales and incur increased costs, which would harm our business and financial results.
 
If we are unable to convince physicians and other health care providers as to the benefits of our products, we may incur delays or additional expense in our attempt to establish market acceptance.
 
Broad use of our products may require physicians and other health care providers to be informed about our products and their intended benefits. The time and cost of such an educational process may be substantial. Inability to successfully carry out this education process may adversely affect market acceptance of our products. We may be unable to educate physicians regarding our products in sufficient numbers or in a timely manner to achieve our marketing plans or to achieve product acceptance. Any delay in physician education may materially delay or reduce demand for our products. In addition, we may expend significant funds towards physician education before any acceptance or demand for our products is created, if at all.
 
The market for our products is rapidly changing and competitive, and new devices and drugs which may be developed by others could impair our ability to maintain and grow our business and remain competitive.
 
The medical device and pharmaceutical industries are subject to rapid and substantial technological change. Developments by others may render our technologies and products noncompetitive or obsolete. We also may be unable to keep pace with technological developments and other market factors. Technological competition from medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities, governmental entities and others diversifying into the field is intense and is expected to increase. Many of these entities have significantly greater research and development capabilities and budgets than we do, as well as substantially more marketing, manufacturing, financial and managerial resources. These entities represent significant competition for us.
 
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If users of our products are unable to obtain adequate reimbursement from third-party payers, or if new restrictive legislation is adopted, market acceptance of our products may be limited and we may not achieve anticipated revenues.
 
The continuing efforts of government and insurance companies, health maintenance organizations and other payers of healthcare costs to contain or reduce costs of health care may affect our future revenues and profitability, and the future revenues and profitability of our potential customers, suppliers and collaborative partners and the availability of capital. For example, in certain foreign markets, pricing or profitability of medical devices is subject to government control. In the United States, given recent federal and state government initiatives directed at lowering the total cost of health care, the U.S. Congress and state legislatures will likely continue to focus on health care reform, the cost of medical devices and on the reform of the Medicare and Medicaid systems. While we cannot predict whether any such legislative or regulatory proposals will be adopted, the announcement or adoption of these proposals could materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
Our ability to commercialize our products will depend in part on the extent to which appropriate reimbursement levels for the cost of our products and related treatment are obtained by governmental authorities, private health insurers and other organizations, such as health maintenance organizations (“HMOs”). Third-party payers are increasingly challenging the prices charged for medical care. Also, the trend toward managed health care in the United States and the concurrent growth of organizations such as HMOs, which could control or significantly influence the purchase of health care services and medical devices, as well as legislative proposals to reform health care or reduce government insurance programs, may all result in lower prices for our products. The cost containment measures that health care payers and providers are instituting and the effect of any health care reform could materially harm our ability to operate profitably.
 
INVESTMENT RISKS
 
Directors, executive officers and principal stockholders own a significant percentage of the shares of Common Stock, which will limit your ability to influence corporate matters.
 
Our directors, executive officers and principal stockholders together beneficially own a majority of our outstanding shares of Common Stock. Accordingly, these stockholders could have a significant influence over the outcome of any corporate transaction or other matter submitted to stockholders for approval, including mergers, consolidations and the sale of all or substantially all of our assets and also could prevent or cause a change in control. The interests of these stockholders may differ from the interests of our other stockholders. Third parties may be discouraged from making a tender offer or bid to acquire us because of this concentration of ownership.
 
Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock have priority in the event of our dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

In the event of our dissolution, liquidation or winding up, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock will receive, in priority over the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock, a liquidation preference. Therefore, it is possible that holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock will not obtain any upon our dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
 
Penny Stock Regulations May Affect Your Ability To Sell Our Common Stock.
 
To the extent the price of our Common Stock remains below $5.00 per share, our Common Stock will be subject to Rule 15g-9 under the Exchange Act, which imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker dealers which sell these securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. Under these rules, broker-dealers who recommend penny stocks to persons other than established customers and "accredited investors" must make a special written suitability determination for the purchaser and receive the purchaser's written agreement to a transaction prior to sale. Unless an exception is available, the regulations require the delivery, prior to any transaction involving a penny stock, of a disclosure schedule explaining the penny stock market and the associated risks. The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by these requirements could discourage broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our Common Stock and may make it more difficult for holders of our Common Stock to sell shares to third parties or to otherwise dispose of them.
 
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Future Sales of Common Stock Could Result in a Decline in Market Price.

This registration statement covers the resale of 146,219,530 shares of Common Stock underlying the Series B Preferred Stock issued in the Series B Preferred Stock financing completed August, 2008 or issuable in connection therewith and Warrants issued to a Note holder that converted into the offering. After the registration statement is declared effective, resale restriction over these 146,219,530 shares of Common Stock will be lifted. Sales of a significant number of shares of Common Stock in the public market could result in a decline in the market price of our Common Stock.

Our Charter Documents and Nevada Law May Inhibit A Takeover That Stockholders May Consider Favorable.
 
Provisions in our articles of incorporation and bylaws, and Nevada law, could delay or prevent a change of control or change in management that would provide stockholders with a premium to the market price of their Common Stock. The authorization of undesignated preferred stock, for example, gives our board the ability to issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to effect a change in control of us, or otherwise adversely affect holders of Common Stock in relation to holders of preferred stock.
 
Compliance with changing corporate governance and public disclosure regulations may result in additional expense.

Keeping abreast of, and in compliance with, changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, new SEC regulations will require an increased amount of management attention and external resources. We intend to continue to invest all reasonably necessary resources to comply with evolving standards, which may result in increased general and administrative expense and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities.
 
Our Common Stock is thinly traded on the OTC Bulletin Board, and we may be unable to obtain listing of our common stock on a more liquid market.

Our Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, which provides significantly less liquidity than a securities exchange (such as the American or New York Stock Exchange) or an automated quotation system (such as the Nasdaq Stock Market). There is uncertainty that we will ever be accepted for a listing on an automated quotation system or securities exchange.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
This document contains “forward-looking statements”. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and are based on the beliefs and assumptions of management and information currently available to management. The use of words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “should,” “likely” or similar expressions, indicates a forward-looking statement. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Future results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Many of the factors that will determine these results are beyond the ability of MedaSorb to control or predict. Stockholders are cautioned not to put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only to the date made. For a discussion of some of the factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements, please read carefully the information under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 4.
 
The identification in this document of factors that may affect future performance and the accuracy of forward-looking statements is meant to be illustrative and by no means exhaustive. All forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty. You may rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide information different from that contained in this prospectus. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor the sale of Common Stock means that information contained in this prospectus is correct after the date of this prospectus. This prospectus is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any circumstances under which the offer or solicitation is unlawful.

Item 4. Use of Proceeds
 
The selling stockholders are selling shares of common stock covered by this prospectus for their own account. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the resale of these shares. We have agreed to bear the expenses relating to the registration of the shares for the selling security holders.

Item 5. Determination of Offering Price

Our Common Stock currently trades in the over-the-counter market and is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “MSBT.” The proposed offering price is $0.03 which is the closing bid price of our Common Stock as of December 5, 2008, 6 days prior to the initial filing of this registration statement, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board.

Item 6. Dilution

The information in this section is not required because there is not substantial disparity between the public offering price and the effective cash cost to officers, directors, promoters and affiliated persons of common equity acquired by them in transactions during the past five years and we were subject to the reporting requirements of section 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act immediately prior to filing the registration statement.
 
Item 7. Selling Security Holders

The shares being offered for resale by the selling stockholders consist of the 146,219,530 shares of our Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the 52,931.47 shares of our Series B Preferred issued in the private placement.
 
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Below is a list of the selling stockholders who have the right to acquire the 146,219,530 shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus upon the conversion of Series B Preferred. Other than as set forth below, none of these selling stockholders hold or within the past three years have held, a position, office or other material relationship with us or our predecessors or affiliates.

The shares being offered hereby are being registered to permit public secondary trading, and the selling stockholders may offer all or part of the shares for resale from time to time. However, the selling stockholders are under no obligation to sell all or any portion of such shares nor are the selling stockholders obligated to sell any shares immediately upon effectiveness of this prospectus. All information with respect to share ownership has been furnished by the selling stockholders.
 
   
Before Offering
     
After Offering(3)
 
Name of Selling Stockholder
 
 Number of
Shares
Owned(1)
 
 
Percentage
Owned(2)
 
Number of
Shares
Offered
 
Number of
Shares
 Owned(1)
 
Percentage
Owned(2)
 
NJTC Venture Fund SBIC, L.P.
   
77,426,713
(4)
 
4.99
%
 
55,248,619
(4)
 
22,178,094
   
4.99
%
                                 
Margie Chassman
   
56,278,538
(5)
 
19.0
%
 
26,191,907
(5)
 
30,086,631
   
19.0
%
                                 
Adelson Partners, LLC
   
18,399,890
(6)
 
4.99
%
 
13,812,155
(6)
 
4,587,735
   
4.99
%
                                 
Cahn Medical Technologies, LLC
   
18,399,890
(7)
 
4.99
%
 
13,812,155
(7)
 
4,587,735
   
4.99
%
                                 
Robert Shipley(21)
   
16,277,619
(8)
 
4.99
%
 
11,049,724
(8)
 
5,227,895
   
4.99
%
                                 
Alpha Capital Aktiengesellschaft
   
15,876,659
(9)
 
4.99
%
 
6,906,077
(9)
 
8,970,582
   
4.99
%
                                 
The Frank C. Carlucci III Revocable Trust
   
7,359,972
(10)
 
4.99
%
 
5,524,862
(10)
 
1,835,110
   
4.99
%
                                 
Sepsis Seed Capital Partners
   
6,350,966
(11)
 
4.99
%
 
4,834,254
(11)
 
1,516,712
   
4.8
%
                                 
Macomber Associates, LLC
   
2,821,519
(12)
 
4.99
%
 
2,762,431
(12)
 
59,088
   
*
 
                                 
Ellis International LTD
   
3,200,247
(13)
 
4.99
%
 
1,381,215
(13)
 
1,819,032
   
4.99
%
                                 
Edward Smith
   
1,395,027
(14)
 
4.99
%
 
1,381,215
(14)
 
13,812
   
*
 
                                 
Marc Bailin
   
1,415,428
(15)
 
4.99
%
 
1,381,215
(15)
 
34,213
   
*
 
                                 
Robert Swetnick
   
736,022
(16)
 
2.8
%
 
552,486
(16)
 
183,536
   
*
 
                                 
Richard Ortoli
   
560,409
(17)
 
2.2
%
 
552,486
(17)
 
7,923
   
*
 
                                 
Phillip Chan(22)
   
367,984
(18)
 
1.4
%
 
276,243
(18)
 
91,741
   
*
 
                                 
Joseph Rubin(23)
   
721,547
(19)
 
2.8
%
 
276,243
(19)
 
445,304
   
1.7
%
                                 
Arnaldo Barros
   
436,720
(20)
 
1.7
%
 
276,243
(20)
 
160,477
   
*
 
 
* Less than 1%
 
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(1)  Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table, the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and sole investment power with respect to all shares beneficially owned, subject to community property laws where applicable. Includes shares of Common Stock that the selling stockholder has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of within 60 days.
(2)  Based on 25,263,517 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on December 1, 2008
(3)  This table assumes that each selling stockholder will sell all shares offered for sale by it under this prospectus. Stockholders are not required to sell their shares.
(4)  Includes 20,718,232 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants, 55,248,619 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, and 1,459,862 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series B Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 1, 2008 (i) NJTC Venture Fund SBIC, L.P. is the beneficial owner of 77,426,713 shares of Common Stock, representing 75.4% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 55,248,619 shares being registered on behalf of NJTC Venture Fund SBIC, L.P. represents 68.6% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(5)  Includes 2,940,331 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants, 26,191,907 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, 419,891 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind , 12,084,980 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, and 9,846,429 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series A & B Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 1, 2008 (i) Margie Chassman is the beneficial owner of 56,278,538 shares of Common Stock, representing 73.3% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 26,191,907 shares being registered on behalf of Margie Chassman represents 50.9% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(6)  Includes 4,222,790 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants, 13,812,155 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock , and 364,945 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series B Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 1, 2008 (i) Adelson Partners, LLC is the beneficial owner of 18,399,890 shares of Common Stock, representing 42.1% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 13,812,155 shares being registered on behalf of Adelson Partners, LLC represents 35.3% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(7)  Includes 4,222,790 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants, 13,812,155 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, and 364,945 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series B Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 1, 2008 (i) Cahn Medical Technologies, LLC is the beneficial owner of 18,399,890 shares of Common Stock, representing 42.1% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 13,812,155 shares being registered on behalf of Cahn Medical Technologies, LLC represents 35.3% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
 
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(8)  Includes 3,378,232 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants, 11,049,724 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, 291,989 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind, 390,366 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, and 661,293 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series A & B Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 1, 2008 (i) Robert Shipley is the beneficial owner of 16,277,619 shares of Common Stock, representing 39.7% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 11,049,724 shares being registered on behalf of Robert Shipley represents 30.4% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(9)  Includes 2,111,381 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants, 6,906,077 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, 182,486 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind, 6,276,715 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, and 400,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series A & B Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 1, 2008 (i) Alpha Capital Aktiengesellschaft is the beneficial owner of 15,876,659 shares of Common Stock, representing 38.6% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 6,906,077 shares being registered on behalf of Alpha Capital Aktiengesellschaft represents 21.5% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(10)  Includes 1,689,116 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants, 5,524,862 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, and 145,994 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series B Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 1, 2008 (i) The Frank C. Carlucci III Revocable Trust U/A DTD 5/19/2005 is the beneficial owner of 7,359,972 shares of Common Stock, representing 22.6% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 5,524,862 shares being registered on behalf of The Frank C. Carlucci III Revocable Trust U/A DTD 5/19/2005 represents 17.9% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(11)  Includes 1,393,508 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants, 4,834,254 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, and 123,204 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series B Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 1, 2008 (i) Sepsis Seed Capital Partners is the beneficial owner of 6,350,966 shares of Common Stock, representing 20.1% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 4,834,254 shares being registered on behalf of Sepsis Seed Capital Partners represents 16.1% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(12)  Includes 2,762,431 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, and 59,088 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series B Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 1, 2008 (i) Macomber Associates, LLC is the beneficial owner of 2,821,519 shares of Common Stock, representing 10.0% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 2,762,431 shares being registered on behalf of Macomber Associates, LLC represents 9.9% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
 
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(13)  Includes 422,265 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants, 1,381,215 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, 36,492 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind, 1,260,275 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, and 100,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series A & B Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 1, 2008 (i) Ellis International LTD is the beneficial owner of 3,200,247 shares of Common Stock, representing 11.2% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 1,381,215 shares being registered on behalf of Ellis International LTD represents 5.2% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(14)  Includes 1,381,215 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, and 13,812 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series B Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 1, 2008 (i) Edward Smith is the beneficial owner of 1,395,027 shares of Common Stock, representing 5.2% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 1,381,215 shares being registered on behalf of Edward Smith represents 5.2% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(15)  Includes 1,381,215 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, and 13,812 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series B Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of December 1, 2008 (i) Marc Bailin is the beneficial owner of 1,415,428 shares of Common Stock, representing 5.3% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 1,381,215 shares being registered on behalf of Marc Bailin represents 5.2% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(16)  Includes 168,923 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants, 552,486 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, and 14,613 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
(17)  Includes 552,486 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, and 5,525 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
(18)  Includes 84,448 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants, 276,243 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, and 7,293 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
(19)  Includes 276,243 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, 2,762 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind, 2,438 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, and 357,840 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants.
(20)  Includes 84,448 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants, and 276,243 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, 7,293 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind, 48,736 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, and 20,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants.
(21)  Robert Shipley was a Director of MedaSorb Delaware prior to its merger with Gilder Enterprises on June 30, 2006.
(22)  Phillip Chan is a Director of ours, and effective January first will become interim CEO.
(23)  Joseph Rubin is a Director of ours and from time to time renders legal services to us.
 
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Under the terms of the Financing, we were obligated to file this registration statement within 180 days of the closing of the placement.  In the event this registration statement is not filed timely, we are obligated to make payments of an amount in cash to each of the investors, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, an amount equal to 1% of the aggregate unit purchase price paid by each Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Holder.

The Financing also provides that we pay all fees and expenses incident to the registration statement, other than brokerage commissions and underwriting discounts of the selling stockholders on the sale of their shares.
 
We do not have any arrangement with any broker-dealer for it to act as an underwriter for the sale of the shares included herein for any of the selling stockholders.  Each of the selling stockholders purchased or received the shares offered by it in this prospectus in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of purchase of such shares, it had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person for the distribution of such shares.

Item 8. Plan of Distribution

We are registering 146,219,530 shares of our Common Stock on behalf of the selling stockholders. As used in this prospectus, “selling stockholders” includes the pledges, donees, transferees or others who may later hold the selling stockholders’ interests. We have agreed to pay the costs and fees of registering the shares, but the selling stockholders will pay any brokerage commissions, discounts or other expenses relating to the sale of the shares, including attorneys’ fees for opinions or for removal of any restrictive legends.
 
The stockholders and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of Common Stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. The stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:

 
¨
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker dealer solicits purchasers;
     
 
¨
block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
     
 
¨
purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker dealer for its account;
     
 
¨
an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
     
 
¨
privately negotiated transactions;
     
 
¨
settlement of short sales;
     
 
¨
broker-dealers may agree with the stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
     
 
¨
a combination of any such methods of sale; and
 
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¨
any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

The stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
 
Broker-dealers engaged by the stockholders may arrange for other brokers dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. The stockholders do not expect these commissions and discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved.
 
The stockholders may from time to time pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of Common Stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of Common Stock from time to time under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933 amending the list of stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as stockholders under this prospectus.
 
The stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.

Brokers, dealers, or agents participating in the distribution of the shares may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling stockholders and/or the purchasers of shares for whom such broker-dealers may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal, or both (which compensation as to a particular broker-dealer may be in excess of customary commissions). Neither the selling stockholders nor we can presently estimate the amount of such compensation. We know of no existing arrangements between the selling stockholders and any other stockholder, broker, dealer or agent relating to the sale or distribution of the shares. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of the selling security holders pursuant to this prospectus. We have agreed to bear the expenses of the registration of the shares, including legal and accounting fees, and such expenses are estimated to be approximately $25,000.

Item 9. Description of Securities to be Registered
 
Our total authorized capital stock consists of 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.001 per share and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. We have designated 12,000,000 shares of our preferred stock as Series A 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock and 200,000 shares of our preferred stock as Series B 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock. As of December 5, 2008, there were 25,263,517 shares of our Common Stock outstanding, 8,579,301 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock and 54,203.54 shares of Series B Preferred outstanding.

The following description of our capital stock does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified by our Articles of Incorporation and By-laws, and by the provisions of applicable Nevada law.

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Common Stock
 
Holders of our Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets legally available therefore at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine. Holders of our Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders. Cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors is not permitted by our Articles of Incorporation. Our Common Stock is not entitled to preemptive rights and is not subject to conversion or redemption. Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the assets legally available for distribution to stockholders are distributable ratably among the holders of the Common Stock after payment of liquidation preferences, if any, on any outstanding stock having prior rights on such distributions and payment of other claims of creditors.
 
Preferred Stock

Our Articles of Incorporation authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock in one or more series. Our Board of Directors has the authority, without any vote or action by the stockholders, to create one or more series of preferred stock up to the limit of our authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and to fix the number of shares constituting such series and the designation of such series, the voting powers (if any) of the shares of such series and the relative participating, option or other special rights (if any), and any qualifications, preferences, limitations or restrictions pertaining to such series which may be fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such series adopted by the Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors has authorized the creation of both Series A and Series B preferred stock. Each Series is further described herein.

Series A 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock
 
We have designated 12,000,000 shares of our preferred stock as Series A 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), of which 8,579,301 shares were issued and outstanding as of December 5, 2008. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock has a stated value of $1.00.

Dilution and Subordination
As one of the conditions to the closing of the Series B financing with an initial closing on June 25, 2008, we entered into an Agreement and Consent as of the same date with the holders of more than 80% of our Series A Preferred Stock, par value 0.001 per share and the holders of more than 80% of the outstanding common stock purchase warrants issued to the purchasers of our Series A Preferred Stock (the “Class A Warrant”). Pursuant to the Agreement and Consent, our holders of the Series A Preferred Stock consented to the permanent waiver of the anti-dilution protection previously provided to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of the Class A Warrant.

In connection with such Agreement and Consent, the conversion price with respect to the June 30, 2006 purchasers of Series A Preferred Stock held by the Holders shall be reduced effective June 25, 2008, the initial closing of the Series B Financing according to the Schedule A to the Agreement and Consent as set forth below. In the event that within the 60-day period following the Initial Closing, at additional closings, issue additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock so that the aggregate gross proceeds that we raise on the Initial Closing and such additional closings (excluding the principal amount of our outstanding debt converted into the Series B Preferred Stock) from the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock or their affiliates, is $1,500,000 or more, the conversion price with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock held by these holders shall be further reduced in accordance with Schedule A to the Agreement and Consent as set forth below. Based on the total amount raised and in accordance with our investor agreements, MedaSorb’s Series B Preferred Stock private placement was considered a “Qualified” closing.

In addition, June 30, 2006 purchasers of the Series A Preferred Stock also agreed the conversion price with respect to the Class A Warrant shall be reduced effectively on the initial closing. Pursuant to our agreement for a Qualified closing, Conversion pricing and warrant exercise pricing was further reduced as disclosed in the following chart.

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Series A Preferred Stock Holders on 06/30/06
 
Initial Closing (06/25/08)
 
Qualified Closing (08/25/08)
 
   
Preferred Stock
Conversion Price
 
Warrant
Exercise Price
 
Preferred Stock
Conversion Price
 
Warrant
Exercise Price
 
                   
Alpha Capital Aktiengesellschaft
 
$
0.26
 
$
0.52
 
$
0.20
 
$
0.40
 
Longview Fund, LP
 
$
1.25
 
$
2.00
 
$
0.45
 
$
0.90
 
Platinum Partners Long Term Growth III LLC
 
$
1.25
 
$
2.00
 
$
0.10
 
$
0.40
 
Ellis International Ltd.
 
$
0.26
 
$
0.52
 
$
0.20
 
$
0.40
 
Margie Chassman
 
$
1.25
 
$
2.00
 
$
0.10
 
$
0.40
 

Dividends

The holders of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive preferential dividends in cash out of any funds of the company together with the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock, before any dividend or other distribution will be paid or declared and set apart for payment on any shares of any Common Stock, or other class of junior stock at the rate of 10% per annum on the Series A Stated Value from the date of issue of such shares. Such dividends shall be payable on June 30, 2006 and on the last day of each calendar quarter thereafter. The rate of such preferential dividends shall be increased to 20% per annum upon the occurrence of any “Event of Default” as defined in Section 6 of the Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designation.

Voting Rights

Holders of Series A Preferred Stock do not have the right to vote on matters submitted to the holders of our Common Stock. However, consent of the holders of at least 80% of the shares of Series A preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, shall be required for amending the rights related to Series A Preferred Stock in our certificate of incorporation.
 
Liquidation
Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the assets legally available for distribution to stockholders are distributable ratably among the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock after payment of liquidation to the Series B Preferred Stock, if any.

Redemption

Commencing on June 30, 2009, if an Event of Default has not occurred and is not then continuing, we have the option to redeem the Obligation Amount of the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, by paying to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock a sum of money equal to 120% of the Obligation Amount to be redeemed.
 
Series B 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock

Each share of Series B Preferred Stock has a stated value of $100.00, and is convertible at the holder’s option into that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Series B stated value at a conversion price of $0.0362, subject to certain adjustments. Additionally, upon the occurrence of a stock split, stock dividend, combination of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, issuance of any of shares of Common Stock or other securities by reclassification of the Common Stock, merger or sale of substantially all of our assets, the conversion rate will be adjusted so that the conversion rights of the Series B Preferred Stock stockholders will remain equivalent to those prior to such event.

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Dividend

The holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive preferential dividends payable in shares of additional Series B Preferred Stock . Any dividends payable to both the Series A and Series B Preferred shareholders shall be paid before any dividend or other distribution will be paid to any Common Stock shareholder. The Series B Preferred Stock dividend is based payable at a rate of 10% per annum on the Series B Stated Value payable on the last day of each calendar quarter after June 30, 2008. However, upon the occurrence of any “Event of Default” as defined in the Certificate of Designation of Series B Preferred Stock, the dividend rate increases to 20% per annum, and revert back to 10% after the “Event of Default” is cured. An Event of Default includes, but is not limited to,

 
¨
the occurrence of “Non-Registration Events”;
 
¨
an uncured breach by us of any material covenant, term or condition in the Certificate of Designation or any of the related transaction documents; and
 
¨
any money judgment or similar final process being filed against us for more than $100,000.
 
Dividends must be delivered to the holder of the Series B Preferred Stock no later than five (5) business days after the end of each period for which dividends are payable. Dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock will be made in additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock, valued at the Series B Preferred Stock stated value. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the first three-years following the initial closing, upon the approval of the holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock, including the lead investor, NJTC Venture Fund, if it then owns 25% of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock initially purchased by it, we may pay dividends in cash instead of additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock, and after such three-year period, the holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock, including NJTC if it then owns the 25% of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock initially purchased by it, may require us to make such payments in cash.

Liquidation

In the event of the Company’s dissolution, liquidation or winding up, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock will receive, in priority over the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock, a liquidation preference equal to the stated value of such shares plus accrued dividends on the shares.

Voting Rights; Board Rights

Holders of Series B Preferred Stock have the right to vote on matters submitted to the holders of Common Stock on an as converted basis. However, the consent of the holders of at least a majority of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock as a separate class, including NJTC if it is then a holders of at least 25% of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock purchased by it on the Initial Closing Date, shall be required on matters related to the rights of the Series B Preferred Stock.

In addition, so long as NJTC holds 25% of the Series B Preferred Stock it purchased before the initial closing, NJTC is entitled to elect (i) two directors to our Board of Directors, which shall consist of six members, and (ii) two members to our compensation committee, which shall consist of three members.

Moreover, so long as Cahn medical Technologies, LLC is the holder of at least 25% of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock purchased by it on the initial closing date, it has the right to have its designee receive notices of, and attend as an observer, all meetings of our Board of Directors.

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Registration Rights

We have agreed to file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock within 180 days following the initial closing and to cause it to become effective within 240 days of such closing. We also granted the investors demand and piggyback registration rights with respect to such Common Stock. The investors in the Series B Financing are entitled to liquidated damages in an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the purchase price of the Series B Preferred Stock if we fail to timely file that registration statement with, or have it declared effective by, the SEC.

Redemption Rights

Following the fifth anniversary of the initial closing, the holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock, including NJTC if it then holds 25% of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock initially purchased by it, may elect to require us to redeem all, but not less than all, of their shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the original purchase price for such shares plus all accrued and unpaid dividends whether or not declared, if the market price of our Common Stock is then below the conversion price of the Series B Preferred Stock.
 
Anti-Takeover Provisions

Certain anti-takeover provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation may make a change in control of the Company more difficult, even if a change in control would be beneficial to our stockholders. In particular, our board of directors will be able to issue shares of preferred stock with rights and privileges that might be senior to our Common Stock, without the consent of the holders of our Common Stock, and has the authority to determine the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the preferred stock. Although the ability to issue preferred stock may provide us with flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, this issuance may make it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock.

Transfer Agent

The transfer agent for our Common Stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, located at 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219. American Stock Transfer & Trust Company’s telephone number is 718-921-8143.

Item 10. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

No expert or counsel named in this prospectus as having prepared or certified any part of this prospectus or having given an opinion upon the validity of the securities being registered or upon other legal matters in connection with the registration or offering of the common stock was employed on a contingency basis, or had, or is to receive, in connection with the offering, a substantial interest, direct or indirect, in the registrant or any of its parents or subsidiaries. Nor was any such person connected with the registrant or any of its parents or subsidiaries as a promoter, managing or principal underwriter, voting trustee, director, officer, or employee.
 
The December 31, 2007 financial statements included in this prospectus and the registration statement have been audited by WithumSmith+Brown, A Professional Corporation to the extent and for the periods set forth in their report appearing elsewhere herein and in the registration statement, and are included in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

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Item 11. Information with Respect to the Registrant

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Corporate History
 
We were incorporated in Nevada on April 25, 2002 as Gilder Enterprises, Inc. and were originally engaged in the business of installing and operating computer networks that provided high-speed access to the Internet. On June 30, 2006, we disposed of our original business, and pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, acquired all of the stock of MedaSorb Technologies, Inc. (“MedaSorb Delaware”) in a merger, and its business became our business.

In connection with the merger, we also changed our principal executive offices to those of MedaSorb Delaware, which are located at 7 Deer Park Drive, Suite K, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852. Following the merger, in July 2006 we changed our name to MedaSorb Technologies Corporation.
 
MedaSorb Delaware was originally organized as a Delaware limited liability company in August 1997 as Advanced Renal Technologies, LLC. MedaSorb Delaware changed its name to RenalTech International, LLC in November 1998, and to MedaSorb Technologies, LLC in October 2003.  In December 2005, MedaSorb Delaware converted from a limited liability company to a corporation.
 
MedaSorb Delaware has been engaged in research and development since its inception, and prior to the merger, had raised approximately $53 million from investors. These proceeds have been used to fund the development of multiple product applications and to conduct clinical studies. These funds have also been used to establish in-house manufacturing capacity to meet clinical testing needs, expand our intellectual property through additional patents and to develop extensive proprietary know-how with regard to our products.
 
Immediately prior to the merger, MedaSorb Delaware had 292 stockholders that held an aggregate of 20,340,929 shares of common stock of MedaSorb Delaware. In connection with the merger, certain stockholders of ours (i.e., persons who were stockholders of Gilder Enterprises prior to the merger), including Joseph Bowes, a former principal stockholder and our sole director and officer prior to the merger, sold an aggregate of 3,617,500 shares of our Common Stock to several purchasers, and forfeited 4,105,000 shares of Common Stock, which we cancelled. As a result, prior to giving effect to the merger, we had outstanding 3,750,000 shares of Common Stock and, after giving effect to the merger, we had outstanding 24,090,929 shares of Common Stock.
 
The principal stockholders of MedaSorb Delaware immediately prior to the merger were Margie Chassman, Guillermina Montiel, Al Kraus and Robert Shipley, who respectively beneficially owned 10,000,000 shares (49.2%), 5,052,456 shares (24.6%), 1,393,631 shares (6.9%) and 1,248,372 shares (6%), of the outstanding common stock of MedaSorb Delaware. Immediately following the merger and the closing of the Series A Preferred Stock financing described below, Ms. Chassman beneficially owned an additional 630,000 shares of Common Stock underlying the warrant we issued to her in connection with her pledge of stock to the purchasers of the Series A Preferred Stock, as described below. On July 5, 2006, Ms. Chassman transferred 2,005,000 shares of Common Stock owned by her to her designees as provided for under the Investment Agreement described elsewhere in this prospectus. In addition, following the closing of the Series A Preferred Stock financing, without giving effect to applicable restrictions that prohibit conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock or exercise of warrants if as a result the holder would hold in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock, Longview Fund, LP beneficially owned 3,600,000 shares (13%) of our Common Stock.

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On June 25, 2008, we completed an initial closing of a $4.45 million private placement, which included the conversion of Promissory Notes in the aggregate amount of $175,000 plus accrued interest described below. In connection with this transaction we issued 44,531.47 shares of Series B Preferred Stock. The Company also issued a five year warrant to purchase 3,986,429 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.035 per share to the holder of the Promissory Notes in connection with their conversion into the private placement. In August 2008 the Company completed a closing of an $840,000 private placement. In connection with this transaction, the Company issued 8,400 shares of Series B Preferred Stock. The purchasers of the Series B Preferred Stock at the initial closing in June 2008 are entitled to purchase an additional $1.5 million of Series B Preferred Stock at the same price of $100 per share for a period of 15 months following the initial closing date.

As inducement to invest additional funds in the private placement of Series B Preferred Stock, additional consideration was granted to the participants of the Series B Preferred Stock private placement in the event that litigation is commenced against MedaSorb prior to June 30, 2018 claiming patent infringement on certain of the Company’s issued patents. In the event this litigation arises the Company may be required to issue warrants to purchase in the aggregate up to a maximum of ten million shares of common stock subject to certain adjustments. Through September 30, 2008 no such litigation has arisen.

Principal Terms of the Reverse Merger

In connection with the merger, the former stockholders of MedaSorb Delaware were issued an aggregate of 20,340,929 shares of Common Stock in exchange for the shares of MedaSorb common stock previously held by them. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the merger, outstanding warrants and options to purchase a total of 1,697,648 shares of the common stock of MedaSorb Delaware were cancelled in exchange for warrants and options to purchase the same number of shares of our Common Stock at the same exercise prices and otherwise on the same general terms as the MedaSorb Delaware options and warrants that were cancelled. Certain providers of legal services to MedaSorb Delaware who previously had the right to be issued approximately 997,000 shares of MedaSorb Delaware common stock as payment toward accrued legal fees, became entitled to instead be issued the same number of shares of our Common Stock as payment toward such services.
 
Concurrently with the closing of the merger, Joseph G. Bowes, our sole director and officer prior to the merger, appointed Al Kraus, Joseph Rubin, Esq., and Kurt Katz to the Board of Directors, and then resigned from the Board and from his positions as an officer. In addition, at such time, Al Kraus was appointed our President and Chief Executive Officer, James Winchester, MD was appointed our Chief Medical Officer, Vincent Capponi was appointed our Chief Operating Officer and David Lamadrid was appointed our Chief Financial Officer.
 
For accounting purposes, the merger is being accounted for as a reverse merger, since we were a shell company prior to the merger, the former stockholders of MedaSorb Delaware own a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of our Common Stock after the merger, and the directors and executive officers of MedaSorb Delaware became our directors and executive officers. Accordingly, MedaSorb Delaware is treated as the acquiror in the merger, which is treated as a recapitalization of MedaSorb Delaware, and the pre-merger financial statements of MedaSorb Delaware are now deemed to be our historical financial statements.
  
Principal Terms of the Series A Financing Consummated upon the Closing of the Merger
 
On June 30, 2006, immediately following the merger, we sold to four institutional investors, in a private offering generating gross proceeds of $5.25 million, an aggregate of 5,250,000 shares of our Series A 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock initially convertible into 4,200,000 shares of Common Stock, and five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,100,000 shares of our Common Stock.

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The Series A Preferred Stock has a stated value of $1.00 per share. The Series A Preferred Stock is not redeemable at the holder’s option but may be redeemed by us at our option following the third anniversary of the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock for 120% of the stated value thereof plus any accrued but unpaid dividends upon 30 days' prior written notice (during which time the Series A Preferred Stock may be converted), provided a registration statement is effective under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of our Common Stock into which such Series A Preferred Stock is then convertible, and an event of default, as defined in the Certificate of Designations relating to the Series A Preferred Stock is not then continuing.
 
The Series A Preferred Stock has a dividend rate of 10% per annum, payable quarterly. The dividend rate increases to 20% per annum upon the occurrence of the events of default specified in the Amendment Certificate to Certificate of Designations. Dividends may be paid in cash or, provided no event of default is then continuing, with additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock valued at the stated value thereof. The Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock at the conversion rate of one share of Common Stock for each $1.25 of stated value or accrued but unpaid dividends converted.
 
The warrants issued in the private placement have an initial exercise price of $2.00 per share. The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock covered by the Warrants equaled, at the date of issuance, one-half the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the full conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock issued to the investors on that date. Based on the Qualified Closing of Series B Preferred Stock in August 2008, the June 30, 2006 purchasers of Series A Preferred Stock had their conversion prices reduced to prices ranging from $0.10 to $0.45 per share of Common Stock. The June 30, 2006 purchasers of Series A Preferred Stock also had the exercise price on their corresponding warrants reduced to prices ranging from $0.40 to $0.90 per share of Common Stock.
 
We agreed to file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and exercise of the warrants within 120 days following closing of the private placement and to cause it to become effective within 240 days of that closing. We also granted the investors demand and piggyback registration rights with respect to such Common Stock. Because the registration statement was not declared effective within the time required under our agreements with the June 30, 2006, dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to those purchasers accrued at the rate of 20% per annum from February 26, 2007 through May 6, 2007 and were in cash for such period, and we were obligated to pay those purchasers an aggregate of $105,000 per 30-day period from February 26, 2007 through May 6, 2007. The Registration Statement was declared effective on May 7, 2007.
 
Even though pursuant to the original Certificate of Designation designating Series A Preferred Stock, both the conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock and the exercise price of the Class A Warrants are subject to “full-ratchet” anti-dilution provisions, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock permanently waive the right of anti-dilution as one of the conditions to the closing of the Series B Financing.

On June 25, 2008, we entered into an Agreement and Consent as of the same date with the holders of more than 80% of our Series A Preferred Stock, par value 0.001 per share and the holders of more than 80% of the outstanding common stock purchase warrants issued to the purchasers of our Series A Preferred Stock (the “Class A Warrant”).

In connection with such Agreement and Consent, the conversion price and exercise price with respect to the June 30, 2006 purchasers of Series A Preferred Stock and warrants shall be reduced effective August 25, 2008, at the initial closing of the Series B Financing and the qualified closing of the Series B Financing according to the Schedule A to the Agreement and Consent as set forth as follows:

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Series A Preferred Stock Holders on 06/30/06
 
Initial Closing (06/25/08)
 
Qualified Closing (08/25/08)
 
   
Preferred Stock
Conversion Price
 
Warrant
Exercise Price
 
Preferred Stock
Conversion Price
 
Warrant
Exercise Price
 
Alpha Capital Aktiengesellschaft
 
$
0.26
 
$
0.52
 
$
0.20
 
$
0.40
 
Longview Fund, LP
 
$
1.25
 
$
2.00
 
$
0.45
 
$
0.90
 
Platinum Partners Long Term Growth III LLC
 
$
1.25
 
$
2.00
 
$
0.10
 
$
0.40
 
Ellis International Ltd.
 
$
0.26
 
$
0.52
 
$
0.20
 
$
0.40
 
Margie Chassman
 
$
1.25
 
$
2.00
 
$
0.10
 
$
0.40
 

In the event that within the 60-day period following the Initial Closing, at additional closings, issue additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock so that the aggregate gross proceeds that we raise on the Initial Closing and such additional closings (excluding the principal amount of our outstanding debt converted into the Series B Preferred Stock) from the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock or their affiliates, is $1,500,000 or more, the conversion price with respect to the June 30, 2006 holders of Series A Preferred Stock was further reduced in accordance with Schedule A to the Agreement and Consent as set forth in the table above under Qualified Closing.

In addition, effective upon the Qualified Closing of Series B Preferred Stock on August 25, 2008, the June 30, 2006 holders of the Series A Preferred Stock received reduction in the warrant exercise price to their Class A Warrants as set forth in the table above under Qualified Closing.

Series B Financing

Each share of Series B Preferred Stock has a stated value of $100.00, and is convertible at the holder’s option into that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the stated value of such share of Series B Preferred Stock divided by an initial conversion price of $0.035 which has subsequently been adjusted to $0.0362, subject to certain adjustments. Additionally, upon the occurrence of a stock split, stock dividend, combination of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, issuance of any of shares of Common Stock or other securities by reclassification of the Common Stock, merger or sale of substantially all of our assets, the conversion rate will be adjusted so that the conversion rights of the Series B Preferred Stock stockholders will be equivalent to the conversion rights of the Series B Preferred Stock stockholders prior to such event.

The Series B Preferred Stock bears a dividend of 10% per annum payable quarterly, but if an “Event of Default” as defined in the Certificate of Designation of the Series B Preferred Stock has occurred and is then continuing, the dividend rate increases to 20% per annum. An Event of Default includes, but is not limited to, the following:

 
¨
the occurrence of “Non-Registration Events”;
 
¨
an uncured breach by us of any material covenant, term or condition in the Certificate of Designation or any of the related transaction documents; and
 
¨
any money judgment or similar final process being filed against us for more than $100,000.

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Dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock will be made in additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock, valued at the stated value thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the first three-years following the initial closing, upon the approval of the holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock, including the lead investor, NJTC, if it then owns 25% of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock initially purchased by it (the “Required Amount”), we may pay dividends in cash instead of additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock, and after such three-year period, the holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock, including NJTC if it then owns the Required Amount, may require that such payments be made in cash.

In the event of our dissolution, liquidation or winding up, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock will receive, in priority over the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock, a liquidation preference equal to the stated value of such shares plus accrued dividends thereon.

Holders of Series B Preferred Stock have the right to vote on matters submitted to the holders of Common Stock on an as converted basis. However, the consent of the holders of at least a majority of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock as a separate class, including NJTC if it is then a holders of at least 25% of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock purchased by it on the Initial Closing Date, shall be required on matters related to the rights of the Series B Preferred Stock.

In addition, so long as NJTC holds 25% of the Series B Preferred Stock it purchased before the initial closing, NJTC is entitled to elect (i) two directors to our Board of Directors, which shall consist of six members for the first twelve months, after which it will be reduced to five members, and (ii) two members to our compensation committee, which shall consist of no less than three members.

Moreover, so long as Cahn medical Technologies, LLC is the holder of at least 25% of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock purchased by it on the initial closing date, it has the right to have its designee receive notices of, and attend as an observer, all meetings of our Board of Directors.

We have agreed to file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock within 180 days following the initial closing and to cause it to become effective within 240 days of such closing. We also granted the investors demand and piggyback registration rights with respect to such Common Stock. The investors in the Series B Financing are entitled to liquidated damages in an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the purchase price of the Series B Preferred Stock if we fail to timely file that registration statement with, or have it declared effective by, the SEC.

Following the fifth anniversary of the initial closing, the holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock, including NJTC if it then holds 25% of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock initially purchased by it, may elect to require us to redeem all, but not less than all, of their shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the original purchase price for such shares plus all accrued and unpaid dividends whether or not declared, if the market price of our Common Stock is then below the conversion price of the Series B Preferred Stock.

The transaction documents entered into with the purchasers of the Series B Preferred Stock also provide for various penalties and fees for breaches or failures to comply with provisions of those documents, such as the timely payment of dividends, delivery of stock certificates upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock or exercise of the warrants, and obtaining and maintaining an effective registration statement with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying the Series B Preferred Stock and warrants sold in the offering.

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Overview of Our Business
 
We are a medical device company that is currently in the development stage, headquartered in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey (near Princeton). We have developed and will seek to commercialize a blood purification technology that we believe will be able to efficiently remove middle molecular weight toxins from circulating blood. We will be required to obtain required approvals from the United States Food and Drug Administration before we can sell our products in the United States. In December 2006, we submitted a proposed pilot study for approval to the FDA with respect to CytoSorb™, the first device we intend to bring to market. In the first quarter of 2007, we received approval from the FDA to conduct a limited study of five patients in the adjunctive treatment of sepsis. Based upon management’s belief that proceeding with the approved limited study would add at least one year to the approval process for the U.S., we made a determination to focus our efforts on obtaining CE Mark regulatory approval in Europe before proceeding with the FDA.

Since we believe that the path to a CE Mark should be faster than FDA approval, we have targeted Europe for the initial market introduction of our CytoSorbTM. We estimate that the market potential in Europe for our products is substantially equivalent to that in the U.S., given the opportunity to conduct a much larger clinical study in Europe. To accomplish the European introduction, in July 2007, we prepared and filed a request for a clinical trial with German regulators. We received approval of the final study design in October, 2007. The clinical study allows for enrollment of up to 80 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome or acute lung injury in the setting of sepsis. We have recently made arrangements with several hospitals in Germany to conduct the clinical studies, and to date, have enrolled fifteen (15) patients in the study.

The clinical protocol for our European clinical study has been designed to allow us to gather information to support future U.S. studies. In the event we receive the CE Mark and are able to successfully commercialize our products in the European market, we will review our plans for the U.S. to determine whether to conduct clinical trials in support of 510K or PMA registration with the FDA.

However, there can be no assurance we will eventually obtain CE Mark regulatory approval for our CytoSorb™ or any other device in Europe. Even if we eventually obtain CE Mark approval, there can be no assurance as to when such approval will be obtained, because we cannot control the timing of responses from regulators to our submissions. After we can obtain the CE Mark approval, there is no assurance that we will resume the application process with the FDA. If we do decide to continue the process with FDA, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain the FDA approval eventually.

We have developed two products, CytoSorb™ and BetaSorb™ utilizing our adsorbent polymer technology. These products are known medically as hemoperfusion devices. During hemoperfusion, blood is removed from the body via a catheter or other blood access device, perfused through a filter medium where toxic compounds are removed, and returned to the body.
 
The CytoSorb™ device consists of a cylinder containing adsorbent polymer beads. The cylinder incorporates industry standard connectors at either end of the device which connect directly to an extra-corporeal circuit (bloodlines) on a stand alone basis. The extracorporeal circuit consists of plastic tubing through which the blood flows, our CytoSorb™ cartridge containing adsorbent polymer beads, pressure monitoring gauges, and a blood pump to maintain blood flow. The patient’s blood is accessed through a catheter inserted into his or her veins. The catheter is connected to the extracorporeal circuit and the blood pump draws blood from the patient, pumps it through the cartridge and returns it back to the patient in a closed loop system. As blood passes over the polymer beads in the cylinder, toxins (cytokines) are adsorbed from the blood.

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To date, we have manufactured the CytoSorb™ device on a limited basis for testing purposes, including for use in clinical studies. We believe that current state of the art blood purification technology (such as dialysis) is incapable of effectively clearing the toxins intended to be adsorbed by our devices.
 
Following the sepsis indication, we intend to continue our research in other acute conditions where CytoSorb™ has indicated potential in preliminary studies to prevent or reduce the accumulation of cytokines in the bloodstream. These conditions include the prevention of post-operative complications of cardiac surgery (cardiopulmonary bypass surgery) and damage to organs donated for transplant prior to organ harvest. We are also exploring the potential benefits the CytoSorb™ device may have in removing drugs from blood.
 
Previous studies using our BetaSorb™ device in patients with chronic kidney failure have provided valuable data which we will use in conducting clinical studies using our CytoSorb™ device. However, limited studies have been conducted using our CytoSorb™ device to date and no assurance can be given that we will eventually obtain regulatory approval for our CytoSorb™ or any other device. Even if we eventually obtain CE Mark approval, there can be no assurance as to when such approval will be obtained. After we can obtain the CE Mark approval, there is no assurance that we will resume application process with the FDA. If we do decide to continue the process with FDA, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain the FDA approval eventually.

Our BetaSorb™ device is intended to remove beta2-microglobulin from the blood of patients suffering from chronic kidney failure who rely on long term dialysis therapy to sustain their life. BetaSorb™ utilizes an adsorbent polymer packed into an identically shaped and constructed cylinder as utilized for our CytoSorb™ product, although the polymers used in the two devices are physically different. The BetaSorb™ device also incorporates industry standard connectors at either end of the device which connect directly into the extracorporeal circuit (bloodlines) in series with a dialyzer. To date, we have manufactured the BetaSorb™ device on a limited basis for testing purposes, including for use in clinical studies.
 
We had initially identified end stage renal disease (ESRD) as the target market for our polymer-based adsorbent technology. However, during the development of BetaSorb™, we identified several applications for our adsorbent technology in the treatment of critical care patients. As a result, we shifted our priorities to pursue critical care applications (such as for the treatment of sepsis) for our technology given that BetaSorb’s™ potential for usage in chronic conditions such as end stage renal disease is anticipated to have a longer and more complex regulatory pathway. We currently intend to pursue our BetaSorb™ product after the commercialization of the CytoSorb™ product. At such time as we determine to proceed with our proposed BetaSorb™ product, if ever, we will need to conduct additional clinical studies using the BetaSorb™ device and obtain CE Market and /or FDA regulatory approval(s).
 
To date, we have conducted clinical studies using our BetaSorb™ device in patients with chronic kidney failure, which have provided valuable data which underpin the development of the critical care applications for our technology. The BetaSorb™ device has been used in a total of three human pilot studies, involving 20 patients, in the U.S. and Europe. The studies included approximately 345 treatments, with some patients using the device for up to 24 weeks (in multiple treatment sessions lasting up to four hours, three times per week) in connection with the application of our products to patients suffering from chronic kidney failure. The BetaSorb™ device design was also tested on a single patient with bacterial sepsis, producing results that our management has found encouraging and consistent with our belief that our device design is appropriate for a more extensive sepsis study. In addition, CytoSorb’s™ ability to interact safely with blood (hemocompatibility) has been demonstrated through ISO 10993 testing. The studies we have done to date were not done in conjunction with obtaining CE Market approval for the use of our CytoSorb™ device, the first device we intend to bring to the European Market.

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We have not generated any revenue to date. We have incurred losses in each of our fiscal years and expect these losses to continue for the foreseeable future. We will need to raise significant additional funds to conduct clinical studies and obtain regulatory approvals to commercialize our products. No assurance can be given that we will ever successfully commercialize any products.
 
Markets
 
Sepsis
 
In the United States alone, there are more than one million new cases of sepsis annually; extrapolated to a global population, the worldwide incidence is several million cases per year. Severe trauma and community acquired pneumonia are often associated with sepsis.
 
Sepsis patients are critically ill and suffer a very high mortality rate of between 28% and 60%. Because they are so expensive to treat, we believe that efficacy rather than cost will be the determining factor in the adoption of CytoSorb™ in the treatment of sepsis. Based on current pricing of charcoal hemoperfusion devices in the market today, we estimate that our CytoSorb™ device will sell for $500 per unit. Our current pricing model represents a fraction of what is currently spent on the treatment of a sepsis patient.
 
Brain-Dead Organ Donors
 
There are in excess of 6,000 brain dead organ donors each year in the United States; worldwide, the number of these organ donors is estimated to be at least double the U.S. brain dead organ donor population. There is a severe shortage of donor organs. Currently, there are more than 85,000 individuals on transplant waiting lists in the United States. We expect that the use of our CytoSorb™ device in brain dead organ donors will increase the number of viable organs harvested from the donor pool and improve the survival of transplanted organs.
 
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Procedures
 
There are approximately 400,000 cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and cardiac surgery procedures performed annually in the U.S. and more than 800,000 worldwide. Some patients, nearly one-third, suffer from post-operative complications of cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, including complications from infection, pneumonia, pulmonary, and neurological dysfunction. A common characteristic of these post operative complications is the presence of cytokines in the blood. Extended surgery time leads to longer ICU recovery time and hospital stays, both leading to higher costs - approximately $32,000 per coronary artery bypass graft procedure. We believe that the use of CytoSorb™ during and after the surgical procedure may prevent or mitigate post-operative complications for many CPB patients.
 
We anticipate that the CytoSorb™ device, incorporated into the extra-corporeal circuit used with the by-pass equipment during surgery, and/or employed post-operatively for a period of time, may mitigate inflammation and speed recovery.
 
Chronic Kidney Failure 
 
The National Kidney Foundation estimates that more than 20 million Americans have chronic kidney disease. Left untreated, chronic kidney disease can ultimately lead to chronic kidney failure, which requires a kidney transplant or chronic dialysis (generally three times per week) to sustain life. There are approximately 300,000 patients in the United States currently receiving chronic dialysis and more than 1.4 million worldwide. Approximately 89% of patients with chronic kidney disease are treated with hemodialysis.

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Our BetaSorb™ device has been designed for use in conjunction with standard dialysis. Standard dialysis care typically involves three sessions per week, averaging approximately 150 sessions per year. Assuming BetaSorb™ use in each session, every 100,000 patients would require approximately 15 million devices annually.
 
Products
 
We believe that the polymer adsorbent technology used in our products has the potential to remove middle molecular weight toxins, such as cytokines, circulating in the blood. All of the potential applications described below (i.e., the treatment and/or prevention of sepsis; the treatment of chronic kidney failure; the treatment of liver failure; the prevention of post-operative complications of cardiopulmonary bypass surgery; and the prevention of damage to organs donated by brain-dead donors prior to organ harvest) share in common high concentrations of toxins in the circulating blood. However, because of the limited studies we have conducted to date, we are subject to substantial risk that our technology will have little or no effect on the treatment of any of these indications.

In December 2006, we submitted a proposed pilot study for approval to the FDA with respect to CytoSorb™, the first device we intend to bring to market. In the first quarter of 2007, we received approval from the FDA to conduct a limited study of five patients in the adjunctive treatment of sepsis. Based upon management’s belief that proceeding with the approved limited study would add at least one year to the approval process for the U.S., we made determination to focus our efforts on obtaining regulatory approval in Europe before proceeding with the FDA.

Since we believe that the path to a CE Market should be faster with the FDA approval, we have targeted Europe for the initial market introduction of our CytoSorbTM. We estimate that the market potential in Europe for our products is substantially equivalent to that in the U.S., given the opportunity to conduct a much larger clinical study in Europe. To accomplish the European introduction, in July 2007, we prepared and filed a request for a clinical trial with German regulators. We received approval of the final study design in October, 2007. The clinical study allows for enrollment of up to 80 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome or acute lung injury in the setting of sepsis. We have recently made arrangements with several hospitals in Germany to conduct the clinical studies, and to date, have enrolled fifteen (15) patients in the study.

The clinical protocol for our European clinical study has been designed to allow us to gather information to support future U.S. studies in the event we receive the CE Mark and are able to successfully commercialize our products in the European market, we will review our plans for the U.S. to determine whether to conduct clinical trials in support of 510K or PMA registration.

However, there can be no assurance we will eventually obtain regulatory approval for our CytoSorb™ or any other device from CE Mark. Even if we eventually obtain CE Mark approval, there can be no assurance as to when such approval will be obtained, because we cannot control the timing of responses from regulators to our submissions. After we can obtain the CE Mark approval, there is no assurance that we will resume application process with the FDA. If we do decide to continue the process with FDA, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain the FDA approval eventually.

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The CytoSorb™ Device (Critical Care)
 
APPLICATION: Treatment and Prevention of Sepsis
 
Sepsis is defined by high levels of toxic compounds (“cytokines”) which are released into the blood stream as part of the body’s auto-immune response to severe infection or injury. These toxins cause severe inflammation and damage healthy tissues, which can lead to organ dysfunction and failure. Sepsis is very expensive to treat and has a high mortality rate.
 
Potential Benefits: To the extent our adsorbent blood purification technology is able to prevent or reduce the accumulation of cytokines in the circulating blood, we believe our products may be able to prevent or mitigate severe inflammation, organ dysfunction and failure in sepsis patients. Therapeutic goals as an adjunctive therapy include reduced ICU and total hospitalization time.
 
Background and Rationale: We believe that the effective treatment of sepsis is the most valuable potential application for our technology. Sepsis carries mortality rates of between 28% and 60%. Death can occur within hours or days, depending on many variables, including cause, severity, patient age and co-morbidities. Researchers estimate that there are approximately one million new cases of sepsis in the U.S. each year; extrapolated to a global population, this equates to several million new cases annually. In the U.S. alone, treatment of sepsis costs nearly $18 billion annually. According to the Centers for Disease Control, sepsis is the tenth leading cause of death in the U.S., as reported by (CDC). More than 1,000 people die each day from sepsis.
 
An effective treatment for sepsis has been elusive. Pharmaceutical companies have been trying to develop drug therapies to treat the condition. With the exception of a single drug, Xigris® from Eli Lilly, which demonstrated a small improvement in survival in a small segment of the patient population, to our knowledge, all other efforts to date have failed to significantly improve patient survival.
 
We believe that our technology presents a new therapeutic approach in the treatment of sepsis. The potential benefits of blood purification in the treatment of sepsis patients are widely acknowledged by medical professionals and have been studied using dialysis and hemofiltration technology. These studies, while encouraging, demonstrated that dialysis alone produced only limited benefit to sepsis patients. The reason for this appears to be rooted in a primary limitation of dialysis technology itself: the inability of standard dialysis to effectively and efficiently remove larger toxins from circulating blood. Limited studies of our CytoSorb™ device have provided us with data consistent with our belief that CytoSorb™ has the ability to remove these larger toxins. CytoSorb’s™ ability to interact safely with blood (hemocompatibility) has been demonstrated through ISO 10993 testing. Data collected during the “emergency and compassionate use” treatment of a single sepsis patient has been encouraging to us.
 
CytoSorb™ has been designed to achieve broad-spectrum removal of both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, preventing or reducing the accumulation of high concentrations in the bloodstream. This approach is intended to modulate the immune response without blocking or suppressing the function of any of its mediators. For this reason, researchers have referred to the approach reflected in our technology as ‘immunomodulatory’ therapy.
 
Projected Timeline and Budget Requirements: Previous clinical studies using our BetaSorb™ device in patients with chronic kidney failure have provided valuable data which underpin the development of the critical care applications for our technology. The BetaSorb™ device has been used in a total of three human pilot studies, involving 20 patients, in the U.S. and Europe. The studies included approximately 345 treatments, with some patients using the device for up to 24 weeks (in multiple treatment sessions lasting up to four hours, three times per week) in connection with the application of our products to patients suffering from chronic kidney failure. The BetaSorb™ device design was also tested on a single patient with bacterial sepsis, producing results that our management has found encouraging and consistent with our belief that our device design is appropriate for a more extensive sepsis study.

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Because our technology pertains to a medical device, the regulatory pathway and approval process are faster and more straightforward than the process related to the approval of a drug. However, even if we ultimately obtain CE Market approval, because we cannot control the timing of CE Market responses to our submissions, there can be no assurance as to when such approval will be obtained. Further, even if we ultimately obtain CE Market approval, there is no assurance that we can obtain the FDA approval.
 
APPLICATION: Prevention and treatment of organ dysfunction in brain-dead organ donors to increase the number and quality of viable organs harvested from donors
 
Potential Benefits: If CytoSorb™ is able to prevent or reduce high-levels of cytokines from accumulating in the bloodstream of brain-dead organ donors, we believe CytoSorb™ will be able to mitigate organ dysfunction and failure which results from severe inflammation following brain-death. The primary goals for this application are:
 
 
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improving the viability of organs which can be harvested from brain-dead organ donors, and
 
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increasing the likelihood of organ survival following transplant.
 
Background and Rationale: When brain death occurs, the body responds by generating large quantities of inflammatory cytokines. This process is similar to sepsis. A high percentage of donated organs are never transplanted due to this response, which damages healthy organs and prevents transplant. In addition, inflammation in the donor may damage organs that are harvested and reduce the probability of graft survival following transplant.
 
There is a shortage of donated organs worldwide, with approximately 85,000 people currently on the waiting list for organ transplants in the United States alone. Because there are an insufficient number of organs donated to satisfy demand, it is vital to maximize the number of viable organs donated, and optimize the probability of organ survival following transplant.

Projected Timeline and Budget Requirements: Studies were conducted under a $1 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the University of Texas, Houston Medical Center completed the observational and dosing phases of the project in the third quarter of 2006. The observational and dosing phases of the study involved 30 viable donors and eight non-viable donors, respectively. The next phase of this study, the treatment phase, will involve viable donors treated with the CytoSorb™ device. In this phase of the project, viable donors will be treated and the survival and function of organs in transplant recipients will be tracked and measured. The treatment phase will be contingent upon further discussion with the FDA and HRSA regarding study design, as well as obtaining additional funding.

APPLICATION: Prevention and treatment of post-operative complications of cardiopulmonary bypass surgery
 
Potential Benefits: If CytoSorb™ is able to prevent or reduce high-levels of cytokines from accumulating in the blood system during and following cardiac surgery, we anticipate that post-operative complications of cardiopulmonary bypass surgery may be able to be prevented or mitigated. The primary goals for this application are to:

 
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reduce ventilator and oxygen therapy requirements;
 
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reduce length of stay in hospital intensive care units; and

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reduce the total cost of patient care.

Background and Rationale: Due to the highly invasive nature of cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, high levels of cytokines are produced by the body, triggering severe inflammation. If our products are able to prevent or reduce the accumulation of cytokines in a patient’s blood stream, we expect to prevent or mitigate post-operative complications caused by an excessive or protracted inflammatory response to the surgery. While not all patients undergoing cardiac surgery suffer these complications, it is impossible to predict before surgery which patients will be affected.
 
Projected Timeline: We commissioned the University of Pittsburgh to conduct a study to characterize the production of cytokines as a function of the surgical timeline for cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. An observational study of 32 patients was completed, and information was obtained with respect to the onset and duration of cytokine release. We expect that this information will aid us in defining the appropriate time to apply the CytoSorb™ device to maximize therapeutic impact. We are not currently focusing our efforts on the commercialization of CytoSorb™ for application to cardiac surgery. Upon successful commercialization of the sepsis application, we will pursue the use of our polymer absorbent technology for other critical care uses, such as cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.
 
The BetaSorb™ Device (Chronic Care)
 
APPLICATION: Prevention and treatment of health complications caused by the accumulation of metabolic toxins in patients with chronic renal failure
 
Potential Benefits: If CytoSorb™ is able to prevent or reduce high levels of metabolic waste products from accumulating in the blood and tissues of long-term dialysis patients, we anticipate that the health complications characteristic to these patients can be prevented or mitigated. The primary goals for this application are to
 
 
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improve and maintain the general health of dialysis patients;
 
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improve the quality of life of these patients;
 
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reduce the total cost of patient care; and
 
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increase life expectancy.
 
Background and Rationale: Our BetaSorb™ device is intended for use on patients suffering from chronic kidney failure who rely on long-term dialysis therapy to sustain life. Due to the widely recognized inability of dialysis to remove larger proteins from blood, metabolic waste products, such as Beta-2 microglobulin, accumulate to toxic levels and are deposited in the joints and tissues of patients. Specific toxins known to accumulate in these patients have been linked to their severe health complications, increased healthcare costs, and reduced quality of life.
 
Researchers also believe that the accumulation of toxins may play an important role in the significantly reduced life expectancy experienced by dialysis patients. In the U.S., the average life expectancy of a dialysis patient is five years. Industry research has identified links between many of these toxins and poor patient outcomes. If our BetaSorb™ device is able to routinely remove these toxins during dialysis and prevent or reduce their accumulation, we expect our BetaSorb™ device to maintain or improve patient health in the long-term. We believe that by reducing the incidence of health complications, the annual cost of patient care will be reduced and life expectancy increased.
 
The poor health experienced by chronic dialysis patients is illustrated by the fact that in the U.S. alone, more than $20 billion is spent annually caring for this patient population. While the cost of providing dialysis therapy alone is approximately $23,000 per patient per year, the total cost of caring for a patient ranges from $60,000 to more than $120,000 annually due to various health complications associated with dialysis.

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Projected Timeline: We have collected a significant amount of empirical data for the development of this application. As the developer of this technology, we had to undertake extensive research, as no comparable technology was available for reference purposes. We have completed several pilot studies, and most recently a clinical pilot of six patients in California for up to 24 weeks in which our BetaSorb™ device removed the targeted toxin, beta2-microglobulin, as expected. In total, we have sponsored clinical studies utilizing our BetaSorb™ device on 20 patients involving approximately 345 total treatments. Each study was conducted by a clinic or hospital personnel with MedaSorb providing technical assistance as requested.
 
As discussed above, due to practical and economic considerations, we are now focusing our efforts and resources on commercializing our CytoSorb™ device for critical care application. Following commercial introduction of the CytoSorb™ device, we expect to conduct additional clinical studies using the BetaSorb™ device in the treatment of end stage renal disease patients.
 
Commercial and Research Partners
 
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
 
Pursuant to a “SubAward Agreement” we entered into with the University of Pittsburgh in September 2005, we are working with researchers at the University of Pittsburgh - Critical Care Medicine Department in the development of the sepsis application for our technology. Consisting of more than twenty physicians, as well as numerous full-time scientists, educators and administrative assistants, the Critical Care Medicine Department at the University of Pittsburgh is one of the largest organizations of its type in the world and has established an international reputation for excellence in clinical care, education, and research.
 
The SubAward Agreement was entered into under a grant from NIH entitled “Systems Engineering of a Pheresis Intervention for Sepsis (SEPsIS)” to study the use of adsorbent polymer technology in the treatment of severe sepsis. The study commenced in September 2005 and is expected to continue for a total of five years. Currently, we believe that the only polymers being used in this study are polymers we have developed specifically for use in the study, which are similar to the polymers used in our devices. Under the SubAward Agreement, for each of 2006 and 2007, we received approximately $102,000 for our efforts in support of the grant Additionally for 2008 we received an approximate $59,000 for our supporting efforts. We continue to supply UPMC with new samples based on our adsorbent polymer technology under the same terms as the initial SubAward Agreement, and expect to do so for the duration of the study. UPMC has indicated to us that the amounts budgeted for our participation under the study are approximately $83,000 and $163,000, respectively, for years four and five of the study, but that our continued participation in the study is subject to our performance and an annual review by UPMC.
 
Researchers at UPMC have participated in nearly every major clinical study of potential sepsis intervention during the past twenty years. Drs. Derek Angus and John Kellum were investigators for Eli Lilly’s sepsis drug, Xigris®. Dr. Kellum, a member of the UPMC faculty since 1994, is our principal investigator for CytoSorb™. Dr. Kellum, together with several other researchers at UPMC, serve on our Critical Care Advisory Board. Dr. Kellum’s research interests span various aspects of Critical Care Medicine, but center on critical care nephrology (including acid-base, and renal replacement therapy), sepsis and multi-organ failure, and clinical epidemiology. He is Chairman of the Fellow Research Committee at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and has authored more than 70 publications and has received numerous research grants from foundations and industry.

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- Fresenius Medical Care AG
 
In 1999, we entered into an exclusive, long-term agreement with Fresenius Medical Care for the global marketing and distribution of our BetaSorb™ device and any similar product we may develop for the treatment of renal disease. We currently intend to pursue our BetaSorb™ product after the commercialization of the CytoSorb™ product. At such time as we determine to proceed with our proposed BetaSorb™ product, if ever, we will need to conduct additional clinical studies using the BetaSorb™ device and obtain FDA approval.
 
Fresenius Medical Care is the world's largest, integrated provider of products and services for individuals with chronic kidney failure. Through its network of more than 1,600 dialysis clinics in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific, Fresenius Medical Care provides dialysis treatment to more than 130,000 patients around the globe. Fresenius Medical Care is also the world's largest provider of dialysis products, such as hemodialysis machines, dialyzers and related disposable products.
 
Advisory Boards
 
From time to time our management meets with scientific advisors who sit on our Scientific Advisory Board, our Medical Advisory Board - Critical Care Medicine, and our Medical Advisory Board - Chronic Kidney Failure / Dialysis.
 
Our Scientific Advisory Board consists of four scientists with expertise in the fields of fundamental chemical research, polymer research and development, and dialysis engineering technology.
 
Our Medical Advisory Board - Critical Care Medicine consists of seven medical doctors, four of whom are affiliated with UPMC, with expertise in critical care medicine, sepsis, multi-organ failure and related clinical study design.
 
Our Medical Advisory Board - Chronic Kidney Failure / Dialysis consists of four medical doctors with expertise in kidney function, kidney diseases and their treatment, and dialysis technology.
 
We compensate members of our Advisory Boards at the rate of $2,000 for each full-day meeting they attend in person; $1,200 if attendance is by telephone. When we consult with members of our Advisory Board (whether in person or by telephone) for a period of less than one day, we compensate them at the rate of $200 per hour. We also reimburse members of our Advisory Boards for their travel expenses for attending our meetings.
 
Royalty Agreements
 
With Principal Stockholder
 
In August 2003, in order to induce Guillermina Vega Montiel, a principal stockholder of ours, to make a $4 million investment in MedaSorb Delaware, we granted Ms. Montiel a perpetual royalty equal to three percent of all gross revenues received by us from sales of CytoSorbTM in the applications of sepsis, cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, organ donor, chemotherapy and inflammation control. In addition, for her investment, Ms. Montiel received 1,230,770 membership units of MedaSorb Delaware, which at the time was a limited liability company. Those membership units ultimately became 185,477 shares of our Common Stock following our June 30, 2006 merger.

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With Purolite
 
In an agreement dated September 1, 2006, the Company entered into a license agreement which provides the Company the exclusive right to use its patented technology and proprietary know how relating to adsorbent polymers for a period of 18 years. Under the terms of the agreement, MedaSorb has agreed to pay royalties of 2.5% to 5% on the sale of certain of its products if and when those products are sold commercially for a term no greater than 18 years commencing with the first sale of such product.

Product Payment & Reimbursement 
 
Critical Care Applications
 
Europe
 
Payment for our CytoSorb™ device for the removal of cytokines in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome or acute lung injury in the setting of sepsis and other related acute care applications will be applied for on a country by country basis in Europe. We intend to initially apply for reimbursement in Germany where we are conducting a clinical study. If we are able to successfully introduce the CytoSorb™ device into the German market we intend to apply for reimbursement in France, England, Italy and Spain representing the five economic leaders in Europe and introduce our products in those countries accordingly. We will first need to establish the CE Mark for the CytoSorb™ device, then pursue reimbursement on a country by country basis. Each country will determine reimbursement status of the device based on the data obtained from the clinical trial. There can be no assurances that reimbursement will be granted or that additional clinical data may not be required to establish reimbursement.
 
United States
 
Payment for our CytoSorb™ device in the treatment and prevention of sepsis and other related acute care applications is anticipated to fall under the “diagnosis-related group” (DRG) in-patient reimbursement system, which is currently the predominant basis of hospital medical billing in the United States. Under this system, predetermined payment amounts are assigned to categories of medical patients with respect to their treatments at medical facilities based on the DRG that they fall within (which is a function of such characteristics as medical condition, age, sex, etc.) and the length of time spent by the patient at the facility. Reimbursement is not determined by the actual procedures used in the treatment of these patients, and a separate reimbursement decision would not be required to be made by Medicare, the HMO or other provider of medical benefits in connection with the actual method used to treat the patient.

Critical care applications such as those targeted by our CytoSorb™ device involve a high mortality rate and extended hospitalization, coupled with extremely expensive ICU time. In view of these high costs and high mortality rates, we believe acceptance of our proprietary technology by critical care practitioners and hospital administrators will primarily depend on safety and efficacy factors rather than cost.
 
Chronic Renal Failure
 
In Europe chronic dialysis is predominately provided by government supported clinics accounting for approximately 75% of dialysis treatment, with the remainder being provided by private clinics. However, these figures vary widely among countries within Europe. For example dialysis clinics in Denmark and Finland are 100% publicly managed facilities while those in Portugal are 90% privately managed facilities. Generally speaking, dialysis services are always regulated and controlled by the healthcare authorities and not homogeneous between the various European countries.

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There are three main types of reimbursement in Europe: budget transfer, fee for service and flat rate. In some cases, the reimbursement method varies within the same country depending on the type of provider (public or private). Europe is similar to the U.S. in that a product such as BetaSorb™ may be part of a composite rate or separate line item reimbursement. In either case, a country by country application for reimbursement must be made.

It is expected that in the U.S., Medicare will be the primary payer for the BetaSorb™ device, either through the current “fee for service” mechanism or managed care programs. The large majority of costs not covered by federal programs are covered by the private insurance sector.
 
While the fee-for-service composite rate system is currently the dominant payment mechanism, many industry participants believe that a managed care system will become the dominant payment mechanism. We believe that movement to a full or shared-risk managed care system would speed market acceptance of BetaSorb™ because, under such a system, providers will have a strong incentive to adopt technologies that lower overall treatment costs. Fresenius is a leading participant in the move to managed care and may play a leading role in the demonstration and introduction of our product to Medicare.
 
Competition

General
 
We believe that our products represent a unique approach to disease states and health complications associated with the presence of larger toxins (often referred to as middle molecular weight toxins) in the bloodstream, including sepsis, post-operative complications of cardiac surgery (cardiopulmonary bypass surgery), damage to organs donated for transplant prior to organ harvest, and renal disease. Researchers have explored the potential of using existing membrane-based dialysis technology to treat patients suffering from sepsis. These techniques are unable to effectively remove the middle molecular weight toxins. We believe that our devices may be able to remove middle molecular weight toxins from circulating blood. This concept has been tested at the University of Pittsburg using a septic rat model based on lipopolysaccharide (a particular kind of toxin, known as a bacterial endotoxin) and the CytoSorb™ polymer.
  
Both the CytoSorb™ and BetaSorb™ devices consist of a cylinder containing adsorbent polymer beads. The cylinder incorporates industry standard connectors at either end of the device which connect directly to an extra-corporeal circuit (bloodlines) on a stand alone basis. The extra-corporeal circuit consists of plastic tubing through which the blood flows, our cartridge (CytoSorb™ or BetaSorb™ depending on the condition being treated) containing our adsorbent polymer beads, pressure monitoring gauges, and a blood pump to maintain blood flow. The patient’s blood is accessed through a catheter inserted into his or her veins. The catheter is connected to the extra-corporeal circuit and the blood pump draws blood from the patient, pumps it through the cartridge and returns it back to the patient in a closed loop system. As blood passes over the polymer beads in the cylinder, toxins are adsorbed from the blood, without filtering any fluids from the blood or the need for replacement fluid or dialysate.
 
Although standard dialysis also uses extra-corporeal circuits and blood pumps, the technology used in dialysis to remove toxins (osmosis and convection) drains fluids out of the bloodstream in a process called ultrafiltration, and uses semi-permeable membranes as a filter, allowing the passage of certain sized molecules across the membrane, but preventing the passage of other, larger molecules.

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MedaSorb’s technology uses the same extra-corporeal circuits as dialysis, however, our devices do not rely on membrane technology but instead use an adsorbent of specified pore size, which controls the size of the molecules which can pass into the adsorbent. As blood flows over our polymer adsorbent, middle molecules such as cytokines flow into the polymer adsorbent and are adsorbed. Our devices do not use semipermeable membranes or dialysate. In addition, our devices do not remove fluids from the blood like a dialyser. Accordingly, we believe that our technology has significant advantages as compared to traditional dialysis techniques.
 
Sepsis
 
Researchers have explored the potential of using existing membrane-based dialysis technology to treat patients suffering from sepsis. These techniques are unable to effectively remove middle molecular weight toxins, which leading researchers have shown to cause and complicate sepsis. The same experts believe that a blood purification technique that efficiently removes, or significantly reduces, the circulating concentrations of such toxins might represent a successful therapeutic option. We believe that the CytoSorb™ device may have the ability to remove middle molecular weight toxins from circulating blood.
 
Medical research during the past two decades has focused on drug interventions aimed at chemically blocking or suppressing the function of one or two inflammatory agents. In hindsight, some researchers now believe this approach has little chance of significantly improving patient outcomes because of the complex pathways and multiple chemical factors at play. Clinical studies of these drug therapies have been largely unsuccessful. An Eli Lilly drug, Xigris®, cleared by the FDA in November 2001, is the first and only drug to be approved for the treatment of severe sepsis. Clinical studies demonstrated that use of Xigris® resulted in a 6% reduction in the absolute risk of death, and a 13% risk reduction in the most severe sepsis patients. The drug remains controversial and is considered extremely expensive when compared to the percentage of patients who benefit.
 
While studies of other potential sepsis drug therapies are in progress, we are not aware of any other broad-spectrum blood detoxification therapy under development for this application that could be considered directly competitive with our approach.
 
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery 
 
We are not aware of any practical competitive approaches for removing cytokines in CPB patients. Alternative therapies such as “off-pump” surgeries are available but “post-bypass” syndrome has not been shown to be reduced in this less invasive procedure. If successful, CytoSorb™ is expected to be useful in both on-pump and off-pump procedures.
  
Chronic Dialysis 
 
Although standard dialysis treatment effectively removes urea and creatinine from the blood stream (which are normally filtered by functioning kidneys), standard dialysis has not been effective in removing beta2-microglobulin toxins from the blood of patients suffering from chronic kidney failure. We know of no other device, medication or therapy considered directly competitive with our technology. Research and development in the field has focused primarily on improving existing dialysis technologies. The introduction of the high-flux dialyzer in the mid-1980s and the approval of Amgen’s Epogen™, a recombinant protein used to treat anemia, are the two most significant developments in the field over the last two decades.

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Efforts to improve removal of middle molecular weight toxins with enhanced dialyzer designs have achieved only marginal success. Many experts believe that dialyzer technology has reached its limit in this respect. A variation of high-flux hemodialysis, known as hemodiafiltration, has existed for many years. However, due to the complexity, cost and increased risks, this dialysis technique has not gained significant acceptance worldwide. In addition, many larger toxins are not effectively filtered by hemodiafiltration, despite its more open pore structure. As a result, hemodiafiltration does not approach the quantity of toxins removed by the BetaSorb™ device.
 
Treatment of Organ Dysfunction in Brain-Dead Organ Donors
 
We are not aware of any directly competitive products to address the application of our technology for the mitigation of organ dysfunction and failure resulting from severe inflammation following brain-death.
 
Clinical Studies 
 
Our first clinical studies were conducted in patients with chronic renal failure. The health of these patients is challenged by high levels of toxins circulating in their blood but, unlike sepsis patients, they are not at imminent risk of death. The toxins involved in chronic renal failure are completely different from those involved in sepsis, eroding health gradually over time. The treatment of patients with chronic renal failure is a significant target market for us, although not the current focus of our efforts and resources. Our clinical studies and product development work in this application functioned as a low risk method of evaluating the safety of the technology in a clinical setting, with direct benefit to development of the critical care applications on which we are now focusing our efforts.
 
In December 2006, we submitted a proposed pilot study for approval to the FDA with respect to CytoSorb™, the first device we intend to bring to market. In the first quarter of 2007, we received approval from the FDA to conduct a limited study of five patients in the adjunctive treatment of sepsis. Based upon management’s belief that proceeding with the approved limited study would add at least one year to the approval process for the U.S., we made determination to focus our efforts on obtaining regulatory approval in Europe before proceeding with the FDA.

Since we believe that the path to a CE Mark should be faster with the FDA approval, we have targeted Europe for the initial market introduction of our CytoSorbTM. To accomplish the European introduction, in July 2007, we prepared and filed a request for a clinical trial with German regulators. We received approval of the final study design in October, 2007. The clinical study allows for enrollment of up to 80 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome or acute lung injury in the setting of sepsis. We have recently made arrangements with several hospitals in Germany to conduct the clinical studies, and to date, have enrolled fifteen (15) patients in the study.

However, there can be no assurance we will eventually obtain regulatory approval for our CytoSorb™ or any other device from CE Mark. Even if we eventually obtain CE Mark approval, there can be no assurance as to when such approval will be obtained, because we cannot control the timing of responses from regulators to our submissions. After we can obtain the CE Mark approval, there is no assurance that we will resume application process with the FDA. If we do decide to continue the process with FDA, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain the FDA approval eventually.

We have not conducted any extensive clinical studies of our products with respect to the treatment of any other indications, although data collected during the “emergency and compassionate use” treatment of a single sepsis patient has been encouraging to us. Because of the limited studies we have conducted, we are subject to substantial risk that our technology will have little or no effect on the treatment of any indications that we have targeted.

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Government Research Grants
 
Two government research grants by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Health and Human Services (HHS) have been awarded to investigators at the University of Pittsburgh to explore the use of adsorbent polymers in the treatment of sepsis and organ transplant preservation. Under “SubAward Agreements” with the University of Pittsburgh, we have been developing polymers for use in these studies.
 
A grant of $1 million was awarded to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2003. The project seeks to improve the quantity and viability of organs donated for transplant by using CytoSorb™ to detoxify the donor’s blood. The observational and dosing phases of the study, involving 30 viable donors and eight non-viable donors, respectively, have been completed. The next phase of this study, the treatment phase, will involve viable donors. The treatment phase will be contingent upon further discussion with the FDA and HRSA regarding study design, as well as obtaining additional funding.
  
In addition, in September 2005, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center was awarded a grant from NIH entitled “Systems Engineering of a Pheresis Intervention for Sepsis (SEPsIS)” to study the use of adsorbent polymer technology in the treatment of severe sepsis. The study, expected to last for a total of five years, commenced in September, 2005 and remains in progress. Under a SubAward Agreement, we are working with researchers at the University of Pittsburgh - Critical Care Medicine Department. Currently, we believe that the only polymers being used in this study are polymers we have developed specifically for use in the study, which are similar to the polymers used in our devices. Under the SubAward Agreement, for each of 2006 and 2007, we received approximately $102,000 for our efforts in support of the grant. Additionally for 2008 we received an approximate $59,000 for our supporting efforts. We continue to supply UPMC with new samples based on our adsorbent polymer technology under the same terms as the initial SubAward Agreement, and expect to do so for the duration of the study. UPMC has indicated to us that the amounts budgeted for our participation under the study are approximately $83,000 and $163,000, respectively, for years four and five of the study, but that our continued participation in the study is subject to our performance and an annual review by UPMC.
 
These grants represent a substantial research cost savings to us and demonstrate the strong interest of the medical and scientific communities in our technology.
 
Regulation
 
In the European Union, distributors of medical devices are required to comply with the Medical Devices Directive and obtain CE Mark certification in order to market medical devices. The CE Mark certification, granted following approval from an independent Notified Body, is an international symbol of adherence to quality assurance standards and compliance with applicable European Medical Devices Directives. Distributor of medical devices may also be required to comply with other foreign regulations such as Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare approval in Japan. The time required to obtain these foreign approvals to market our products may be longer or shorter than that required in the U.S., and requirements for those approvals may differ from those required by the FDA.
  
In the United States, our CytoSorb™ and BetaSorb™ devices are classified as Class III (CFR 876.5870—Sorbent Hemoperfusion System) and will require 501(k) Submissions to the FDA. However, because the BetaSorb™ device is intended for chronic use, the FDA may require pre-market approval (PMA), which we will submit if required. In the case of CytoSorb™, because the application is for acute care (short term, less than 30 days), management believes that FDA approval for this product may be obtained based solely on the 510(k) Submission accompanied with clinical data. In Europe, our devices are expected to be classified as class IIb, and will conform to the ISO 13485 Quality Standard in support of our planned applications to obtain CE Mark certification in Europe, and applicable approvals in Canada and Japan.
 
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The process of obtaining clearance to market products is costly and time-consuming in virtually all of the major markets in which we expect to sell products and may delay the marketing and sale of our products. Countries around the world have recently adopted more stringent regulatory requirements which are expected to add to the delays and uncertainties associated with new product releases, as well as the clinical and regulatory costs of supporting those releases.

No assurance can be given that any of our medical devices will be approved on a timely basis, if at all. In addition, regulations regarding the development, manufacture and sale of medical devices are subject to future change. We cannot predict what impact, if any, those changes might have on our business. Failure to comply with regulatory requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Sales and Marketing
 
We plan to initiate sales in several European countries which are known as early adopters of new medical device technology. These countries primarily include Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom. The European market is similar to the U.S. market. We plan to initially operate through local distributors in each European country where we launch sales operations. Only after establishment of a limited network of local distributors and actual generation of sales, will we formulate a broader distribution strategy on a global basis.
 
Intellectual Property and Patent Litigation
 
The medical device market in which we primarily participate is in large part technology driven. As a result, intellectual property rights, particularly patents and trade secrets, play a significant role in product development and differentiation. However, intellectual property litigation to defend or create market advantage is inherently complex, unpredictable and is expensive to pursue. Litigation often is not ultimately resolved until an appeal process is completed and appellate courts frequently overturn lower court patent decisions.
 
Moreover, competing parties frequently file multiple suits to leverage patent portfolios across product lines, technologies and geographies and to balance risk and exposure between the parties. In some cases, several competitors are parties in the same proceeding, or in a series of related proceedings, or litigate multiple features of a single class of devices. These forces frequently drive settlement not only of individual cases, but also of a series of pending and potentially related and unrelated cases. In addition, although monetary and injunctive relief is typically sought, remedies are generally not determined until the conclusion of the proceedings, and are frequently modified on appeal. Accordingly, the outcomes of individual cases are difficult to time, predict or quantify and are often dependent upon the outcomes of other cases in other forums, both domestic and international.
 
We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, trade secrets and non-disclosure agreements to protect our intellectual property. We hold 25 U.S. patents, some of which have foreign counterparts, and additional patent applications pending worldwide that cover various aspects of our technology. There can be no assurance that pending patent applications will result in issued patents, that patents issued to us will not be challenged or circumvented by competitors, or that such patents will be found to be valid or sufficiently broad to protect our technology or to provide us with a competitive advantage. Our portfolio of patents and patent applications include:
 
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· 
U.S. Pat. No. 5,545,131, which expires on November 30, 2014. This patent concerns an artificial kidney containing a polymeric resin to filter impurities from blood.

· 
U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,773,384, 5,904,663, 6,127,311, 6,136,424, 6,159,377 and 6,582,811, which expire on or before February 6, 2018. These patents concern the use of macronet polymeric resins that are subsequently treated to make them biocompatible for the removal of impurities from physiological fluids.

· 
U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,087,300, 6,114,466, 6,133,393, 6,153,707, 6,156,851 and 6,303,702, which expire on or before February 6, 2018. These patents concern the use of mesoporous polydivinylbenzene polymeric resins that are subsequently treated to make them biocompatible for the removal of impurities from physiological fluids.

· 
U.S. Pat. No. 6,416,487, which expires on July 30, 2017. This patent concerns a method of removing Beta-2 microglobulin using polymers with surface-exposed vinyl groups modified for biocompatibility.

· 
U.S. Pat. No. 6,878,127, which expires on April 20, 2021. This patent concerns devices, systems and methods for reducing levels of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators in the blood.

· 
U.S. Pat. No. 6,884,829, which expires on January 4, 2023. This patent concerns a hemocompatible polymer and a one-step method of producing it.

· 
U.S. Pat. App. Nos. 10/980,510, 10/981,055, 11/105,140 and 11/255,132. These applications concern biocompatible devices, systems, and methods for reducing levels of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators in the blood.
  
· 
U.S. Pat. App. No. 11/601,931. This application concerns size-selective polymeric adsorbents for use in hemoperfusion.

We also rely on non-disclosure and non-competition agreements with employees, consultants and other parties to protect, in part, trade secrets and other proprietary technology. There can be no assurance that these agreements will not be breached, that we will have adequate remedies for any breach, that others will not independently develop equivalent proprietary information or that third parties will not otherwise gain access to our trade secrets and proprietary knowledge.
 
Several years ago we engaged in discussions with the Dow Chemical Company, which had indicated a strong interest in being our polymer manufacturer. After a Dow representative on our Advisory Board resigned, Dow filed and received five patents naming our former Advisory Board member as an inventor. These patents, two of which subsequently lapsed for failure to pay maintenance fees, concern the area of coating high divinylbenzene-content polymers to render them hemocompatible, and using such coated polymers to treat blood or plasma. In management’s view the Dow patents improperly incorporate our technology, are based on our proprietary technology, and should not have been granted to Dow. While we believe that our own patents would prevent Dow from producing our products as they are currently envisioned, Dow could attempt to assert its patents against us. To date, to our knowledge, Dow has not utilized their patents for the commercial manufacture of products that would be competitive with us, and we currently have no plans to challenge Dow’s patents. However, the existence of these Dow patents could result in a potential dispute with Dow in the future and additional expenses for us.
 
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We may find it necessary to initiate litigation to enforce our patent rights, to protect our trade secrets or know-how and to determine the scope and validity of the proprietary rights of others. Patent litigation can be costly and time-consuming, and there can be no assurance that our litigation expenses will not be significant in the future or that the outcome of litigation will be favorable to us. Accordingly, we may seek to settle some or all of our pending litigation described below. Settlement may include cross-licensing of the patents which are the subject of the litigation as well as our other intellectual property and may involve monetary payments to or from third parties.
 
Our future success is also dependent on the strength of our intellectual property, trade secrets and know-how, which have been developed from years of research and development. In addition to the two litigations discussed below which we have recently settled, we may be exposed to additional future litigation by third parties seeking to challenge the validity of our rights based on claims that our technologies, products or activities infringe the intellectual property rights of others or are invalid, or that we have misappropriated the trade secrets of others.

“Alkermes” Litigation

In February 2008, Alkermes, Inc. commenced an action against us in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging that our use of the name MedaSorb infringes on Alkermes’ registered trademark “MEDISORB.” In the action, Alkermes sought an injunction against our further use of the name Medasorb. Pursuant to a Settlement Agreement dated June 18, 2008, we will continue to use the name MedaSorb Technologies Corporation for the near term, but its wholly-owned subsidiary, through which we conduct all of its operational activities, has ceased using the “MedaSorb” name to avoid any potential confusion with Alkermes’ similarly named product. Our wholly owned subsidiary has been renamed CytoSorbents, Inc.

“Purolite” Litigation

Since our inception, we have sought to contract with large, established manufacturers to supply commercial quantities of our adsorbent polymers. As a result, we have disclosed, under confidentiality agreements, various aspects of our technology with potential manufacturers. We believe that these disclosures, while necessary for our business, have resulted in the attempt by potential suppliers to assert ownership claims to our technology in an attempt to gain an advantage in negotiating manufacturing rights.
 
We have previously engaged in discussions with the Brotech Corporation and its affiliate, Purolite International, Inc. (collectively “Purolite”), which had demonstrated a strong interest in being our polymer manufacturer. For a period of time beginning in December 1998, Purolite engaged in efforts to develop and optimize the manufacturing process needed to produce our polymer products on a commercial scale. However, the parties eventually decided not to proceed. In 2003, Purolite filed a lawsuit against us asserting, among other things, co-ownership and co-inventorship of certain of our patents. On September 1, 2006, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania approved a Stipulated Order and Settlement Agreement under which we and Purolite agreed to the settlement of the action. The Settlement Agreement provides us with the exclusive right to use our patented technology and proprietary know how relating to adsorbent polymers for a period of 18 years. Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, we have agreed to pay Purolite royalties of 2.5% to 5% on the sale of certain of our products if and when those products are sold commercially.
 
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Technology, Products and Applications
 
For approximately the past half-century, the field of blood purification has been focused on hemodialysis, a mature, well accepted medical technique primarily used to sustain the lives of patients with permanent or temporary loss of kidney function. It is widely understood by the medical community that dialysis has inherent limitations in that its ability to remove toxic substances from blood drops precipitously as the size of toxins increases. Our hemocompatible adsorbent technology is expected to address this shortcoming by removing toxins largely untouched by dialysis.
 
Our products, CytoSorb™ and BetaSorb™ , are known in the medical field as hemoperfusion devices. During hemoperfusion, blood is removed from the body via a catheter or other blood access device, perfused through a filter medium where toxic compounds are removed, and returned to the body.
 
We believe that our polymer adsorbent technology may remove middle molecular weight toxins, such as cytokines, circulating in the blood. We believe that our technology may have many applications in the treatment of common, chronic and acute healthcare complications including the treatment and/or prevention of sepsis; the treatment of chronic kidney failure; the treatment of liver failure; the prevention of post-operative complications of cardiopulmonary bypass surgery; and the prevention of damage to organs donated by brain-dead donors prior to organ harvest. These applications vary by cause and complexity as well as by severity but share a common characteristic i.e. high concentrations of toxins in the circulating blood.
 
Both the CytoSorb™ and BetaSorb™ devices consist of a cylinder containing adsorbent polymer beads, although the polymers used in the two devices are physically different. The cylinders in both devices incorporate industry standard connectors at either end of the device which connect directly to the extra-corporeal circuit (bloodlines) in series with a dialyser, in the case of the BetaSorb™ device, or as a stand alone device in the case of the CytoSorb™ device. Both devices will require no additional expensive equipment, and will require minimal training.
 
The extra-corporeal circuit consists of plastic blood tubing, our CytoSorb™ or BetaSorb™ cartridge, as applicable, containing adsorbent polymer beads, pressure monitoring gauges, and a blood pump to maintain blood flow. The patient’s blood is accessed through a catheter inserted into his or her veins. The catheter is connected to the extra-corporeal circuit and the blood pump draws blood from the patient, pumps it through the cartridge and returns it back to the patient in a closed loop system.
 
DESCRIPTION OF EMPLOYEES AND PROPERTY

We currently have eight (8) employees and operate a 6,575 sq. ft. facility near Princeton, New Jersey, housing research laboratories, clinical manufacturing operations and administrative offices. In the opinion of management, the leased properties are adequately insured, are in good condition and suitable for the conduct of our business. We also collaborate with numerous institutions, universities and commercial entities who conduct research and testing of our products at their facilities Our principal place of business is at 7 Deer Park Drive, Suite K, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852.

DESCRIPTION OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

There are no legal proceedings pending or threatening against us.
 
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MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Our Common Stock trades in the over-the-counter-market on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “MSBT.” Our Common Stock began trading on such market on August 9, 2006. The quotations listed below reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-ups, mark-downs or commissions and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
 
 
 
Price
 
 
 
High
 
Low
 
2006
         
First quarter
   
n/a
   
n/a
 
Second quarter
   
n/a
   
n/a
 
Third quarter (from August 9)
 
$
3.95
 
$
1.25
 
Fourth quarter
 
$
1.73
 
$
0.57
 

 
 
Price
 
 
 
High
 
Low
 
2007
         
First quarter
 
$
$2.85
 
$
1.04
 
Second quarter
 
$
1.45
 
$
0.40
 
Third quarter
 
$
0.63
 
$
0.16
 
Fourth quarter
 
$
0.44
 
$
0.14
 

 
 
Price
 
 
 
High
 
Low
 
2008
         
First quarter
 
$
$0.32
 
$
0.15
 
Second quarter
 
$
0.23
 
$
0.10
 
Third quarter
 
$
0.20
 
$
0.06
 
Fourth quarter
   
n/a
   
n/a
 

The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted Rule 15g-9 which establishes the definition of a “penny stock,” for purposes relevant to us, as any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require: (i) that a broker or dealer approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks and (ii) the broker or dealer receive from the investor a written agreement to the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the penny stock to be purchased. In order to approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or dealer must (i) obtain financial information and investment experience  and objectives of the person; and (ii) make a reasonable determination that the transactions in penny stocks are suitable for that person and that person has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial matters to be capable of evaluating the risks of transactions in penny stocks. The broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prepared by the Commission relating to the penny stock market, which, in highlight form, (i) sets forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability determination and (ii) that the broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from the investor prior to the transaction. Disclosure also has to be made about the risks of investing in penny stocks in both public offerings and in secondary trading, and about commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the securities and the rights and remedies available to an investor in cases of fraud in penny stock transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stocks.
 
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The number of holders of record for our Common Stock as of December 11, 2008 was approximately 340. This number excludes individual stockholders holding stock under nominee security position listings.

Dividends

We have not paid any cash dividends on our Common Stock and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
 
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MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(a development stage company)

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS  

 
 
 
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2008
 
2007
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
ASSETS
           
 
           
Current Assets:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
3,375,041
 
$
211,613
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
154,101
   
200,682
 
 
         
Total current assets
   
3,529,142
   
412,295
 
 
         
Property and equipment - net
   
75,157
   
144,457
 
 
         
Other assets
   
274,073
   
245,820
 
 
         
Total long-term assets
   
349,230
   
390,277
 
 
         
Total Assets
 
$
3,878,372
 
$
802,572
 
 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
         
 
         
Current Liabilities:
         
Accounts payable
 
$
861,081
 
$
775,342
 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
   
71,421
   
131,526
 
 
                  
Total current liabilities
   
932,502
   
906,868
 
Long term liabilities:
             
Notes payable - non-current
   
50,000
   
 
Total long term liabilities
   
50,000
   
 
 
                     
Total liabilities
   
982,502
   
906,868
 
               
Commitments and Contingencies
   
--
   
--
 
 
             
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit):
         
10% Series B Preferred Stock, Par Value $0.001, 200,000 and -0- shares authorized at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively; 54,203.54 and -0- issued and outstanding, respectively
   
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10% Series A Preferred Stock, Par Value $0.001, 12,000,000 shares authorized at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, 8,579,301 and 8,019,508 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
   
8,579
   
8,019
 
 
         
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001, 100,000,000 Shares authorized at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, 25,263,517 and 25,044,932 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
   
25,264
   
25,045
 
 
         
Additional paid-in capital
   
77,499,878
   
71,400,849
 
Deficit accumulated during the development stage
   
(74,637,905
)
 
(71,538,209
)
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)
   
2,895,870
   
(104,296
)
 
         
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
 
$
3,878,372
 
$
802,572
 
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. 

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MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
 (a development stage company)
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


 
 
Period from
January
22,1997
(date of inception) to 
 
Nine months ended September 30,
 
  
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
 
 
September 30, 2008
 
2008
 
2007
 
2008
 
 2007
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
 
                     
Expenses:
                     
 
                     
Research and development
   
43,685,201
   
1,376,921
   
1,081,078
   
594,358
   
438,287
 
Legal, financial and other consulting
   
6,921,442
   
272,774
   
346,686
   
115,310
   
85,582
 
General and administrative
   
22,078,622
   
678,547
   
1,035,653
   
160,663
   
162,284
 
Change in fair value of management and incentive units
   
(6,055,483
)
 
   
   
   
 
 
                     
Total expenses
   
66,629,782
   
2,328,242
   
2,463,417
   
870,331
   
686,153
 
 
                     
Loss from operations
   
66,629,782
   
2,328,242
   
2,463,417
   
870,331
   
686,153
 
 
                     
Gain on disposal of property and equipment
   
(21,663
)
 
   
   
   
 
 
                     
Gain on extinguishment of debt
   
(216,617
)
 
   
(10,009
)
 
   
(3,695
)
 
                     
Interest expense (income), net
   
5,613,282
   
36,236
   
(63,494
)
 
(7,580
)
 
(14,496
)
Penalties associated with non-registration of Series A Preferred Stock
   
361,495
   
   
361,496
   
   
(79,135
)
Net loss
   
(72,366,279
)
 
(2,364,478
)
 
(2,751,410
)
 
(862,751
)
 
(588,827
)
Preferred Stock Dividends
   
2,271,626
   
735,218
   
565,272
   
154,077
   
191,774
 
Net Loss available to common shareholders
 
$
(74,637,905
)
$
(3,099,696
)
$
(3,316,682
)
$
(1,016,828
)
$
(780,601
)
 
                     
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
   
    
 
$
(.12
)
$
(.13
)
$
(0.04
)
$
(.03
)
Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding
             
25,073,756
   
24,780,019
   
25,131,405
   
25,010,813
 
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-2

 
MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(a development stage company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)


Period from
December
31, 2007
to September 30,
2008 

 
                   
Deficit
     
                   
Accumulated
 
Total 
 
   
Common Stock 
 
Preferred Stock B
 
Preferred Stock A  
 
Additional
 
During the
 
Stockholders'
 
       
Par
     
Par
     
Par
 
Paid-In
 
Development
 
Equity
 
   
Shares
 
Value
 
Shares
 
Value
 
Shares
 
Value
 
Capital
 
Stage
 
(Deficit)
 
                                        
Balance at December 31, 2007
   
25,044,932
 
$
25,045
   
 
$
   
8,019,508
 
$
8,019
 
$
71,400,849
 
$
(71,538,209
)
$
(104,296
)
 
                                     
Stock-based compensation - employees, consultants, and directors
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
251,540
   
   
251,540
 
 
                                     
Issuance of Series A Preferred Stock as dividends
   
   
   
   
   
616,625
   
617
   
242,647
   
(243,264
)
 
 
 
                                     
Issuance of Series B Preferred Stock
   
   
   
52,931.47
   
53
   
   
   
5,657,842
   
(364,747
)
 
5,293,148
 
 
                                     
Cost of raising capital associated with issuance of Series B Preferred Stock
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(220,398
)
 
   
(220,398
)
 
                                     
Issuance of Series B Preferred Stock as Dividends
   
   
   
1,272.07
   
1
   
   
   
127,206
   
(127,207
)
 
)
 
                                     
Issuance of warrants upon conversion of convertible notes payable in Series B Preferred Stock
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
40,354
   
   
40,354
 
                                                         
Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock
   
218,585
   
219
               
(56,832
)
 
(57
)
 
(162
)
       
 
 
                                     
Net loss
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(2,364,478
)
 
(2,364,478
)
 
                                     
Balance at September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
   
25,263,517
 
$
25,264
   
54,203.54
 
$
54
   
8,579,301
 
$
8,579
 
$
77,499,878
 
$
(74,637,905
)
$
2,895,870
 
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
F-3

 
MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(a development stage company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


 
 
Period from
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
January 22,1997
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(date of inception) to
 
Nine months ended
 
Nine months Ended
 
 
 
September 30, 2008
 
September 30, 2008
 
September 30, 2007
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss
 
$
(72,366,279
)
$
(2,364,478
)
$
(2,751,410
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
             
Common stock issued as inducement to convert convertible notes payable and accrued interest
   
3,351,961
   
   
 
Issuance of common stock to consultant for services
   
30,000
   
   
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
2,314,840
   
77,775
   
144,931
 
Amortization of debt discount
   
1,000,000
   
   
 
Gain on disposal of property and equipment
   
(21,663
)
 
   
 
Gain on extinguishment of debt
   
(216,617
)
 
   
(10,009
)
Interest expense paid with Series B Preferred Stock in connection with conversion of notes payable
   
3,147
   
3,147
   
 
Abandoned patents
   
183,556
   
   
 
Bad debts - employee advances
   
255,882
   
   
 
Contributed technology expense
   
4,550,000
   
   
 
Consulting expense
   
237,836
   
   
 
Management unit expense
   
1,334,285
   
   
 
Expense for issuance of warrants
   
518,763
   
40,354
   
 
Expense for issuance of options
   
1,141,472
   
251,540
   
457,085
 
Amortization of deferred compensation
   
74,938
   
   
 
Penalties in connection with non-registration event
   
361,496
   
   
361,496
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
             
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
(425,649
)
 
46,581
   
(90,275
)
Other assets
   
(76,960
)
 
(23,067
)
 
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
   
2,751,716
   
25,637
   
(106,612
)
Accrued interest expense
   
1,823,103
   
   
(70,000
)
 
                            
Net cash used by operating activities
   
(53,174,173
)
 
(1,942,511
)
 
(2,064,794
)
 
             
Cash flows from investing activities:
             
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
   
32,491
   
   
 
Purchases of property and equipment
   
(2,220,521
)
 
--
   
(21,428
)
Patent costs
   
(419,342
)
 
(13,664
)
 
(12,258
)
Loan receivable
   
(1,632,168
)
 
   
 
 
                      
Net cash used by investing activities
   
(4,239,540
)
 
(13,664
)
 
(33,686
)
 
             
Cash flows from financing activities:
             
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
   
400,490
   
   
 
Net proceeds from issuance of preferred stock
   
9,574,040
   
4,894,603
   
 
Equity contributions - net of fees incurred
   
41,711,198
   
   
 
Proceeds from borrowings
   
8,603,631
   
225,000
   
 
Proceeds from subscription receivables
   
499,395
   
   
 
 
                         
Net cash provided by financing activities
   
60,788,754
   
5,119,603
   
 
 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
   
3,375,041
   
3,163,428
   
(2,098,480
)
 
                   
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period
   
   
211,613
   
2,873,138
 
 
                           
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period
 
$
3,375,041
 
$
3,375,041
 
$
774,658
 
 
                   
 
F-4

 
 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                   
 
                   
Cash paid during the period for interest
 
$
590,189
 
$
 
$
76,336
 
 
                   
Supplemental schedule of noncash investing and financing activities:
                   
 
                   
Note payable principal and interest conversion to equity
 
$
10,376,714,
 
$
175,000
 
$
 
 
                   
Issuance of member units for leasehold improvements
 
$
141,635
 
$
 
$
 
 
                   
Issuance of management units in settlement of cost of raising capital
 
$
437,206
 
$
 
$
 
 
                   
Change in fair value of management units for cost of raising capital
 
$
278,087
 
$
 
$
 
 
                   
Exchange of loan receivable for member units
 
$
1,632,168
 
$
 
$
 
 
                   
Issuance of equity in settlement of accounts payable
 
$
1,609,446
 
$
 
$
23,002
 
 
                   
Issuance of common stock in exchange for stock subscribed
 
$
399,395
 
$
 
$
 
 
                   
Costs paid from proceeds in conjunction with issuance preferred stock
 
$
768,063
 
$
147,500
 
$
 
 
                   
Preferred Stock Dividends
 
$
2,271,626
 
$
735,218
 
$
565,272
 
 
                   
Net effect of conversion of common stock to preferred stock prior to merger
 
$
559
 
$
 
$
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. 
F-5

 
MedaSorb Technologies Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(UNAUDITED)
September 30, 2008

1.  BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Form 10-Q of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and include the results of MedaSorb Technologies Corporation (the “Parent”), and MedaSorb Technologies, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”), collectively referred to as “the Company.” Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures required in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted. Interim statements are subject to possible adjustments in connection with the annual audit of the Company's accounts for the year ended December 31, 2008. In the opinion of the Company’s management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) which the Company considers necessary for the fair presentation of the Company's consolidated financial position as of September 30, 2008 and the results of its operations and cash flows for the nine and three month periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, and for the period January 22, 1997 (date of inception) to September 30, 2008. Results for the nine and three months ended are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the entire year. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements of the Company and the notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2007 as included in the Company’s Form 10-KSB filed with the Commission on April 15, 2008.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has experienced negative cash flows from operations since inception and has a deficit accumulated during the development stage at September 30, 2008 of $74,637,905. The Company is not currently generating revenue and is dependent on the proceeds of present and future financings to fund its research, development and commercialization program.   Although the Company has historically been successful in raising additional capital through equity and debt financings, and completed a $5.29 million private placement of Series B 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) in June and August 2008, there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in raising additional capital in the future or that it will be on favorable terms.  Furthermore, if the Company is successful in raising the additional financing, there can be no assurance that the amount will be sufficient to complete the Company's plans. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the outcome of this uncertainty.

The Company is a development stage company and has not yet generated any revenues. Since inception, the Company's expenses relate primarily to research and development, organizational activities, clinical manufacturing, regulatory compliance and operational strategic planning.  Although the Company has made advances on these matters, there can be no assurance that the Company will continue to be successful regarding these issues, nor can there be any assurance that the Company will successfully implement its long-term strategic plans.

The Company has developed an intellectual property portfolio, including 25 issued and multiple pending patents, covering materials, methods of production, systems incorporating the technology and multiple medical uses.
 
 
F-6


2.  PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

Nature of Business
The Company, through its subsidiary, is engaged in the research, development and commercialization of medical devices with its platform blood purification technology incorporating a proprietary adsorbent polymer technology.  The Company is focused on developing this technology for multiple applications in the medical field, specifically to provide improved blood purification for the treatment of acute and chronic health complications associated with blood toxicity. As of September 30, 2008, the Company has not commenced commercial operations and, accordingly, is in the development stage.  The Company has yet to generate any revenue and has no assurance of future revenue.

Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Parent, MedaSorb Technologies Corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, MedaSorb Technologies, Inc. (see Note 7). All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Development Stage Corporation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 7, "Accounting and Reporting by Development Stage Enterprises."

Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of property and equipment is provided for by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of their economic useful lives or the term of the related leases. Gains and losses on depreciable assets retired or sold are recognized in the statements of operations in the year of disposal. Repairs and maintenance expenditures are expensed as incurred.

Patents
Legal costs incurred to establish patents are capitalized. When patents are issued, capitalized costs are amortized on the straight-line method over the related patent term. In the event a patent is abandoned, the net book value of the patent is written off.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets
The Company assesses the impairment of patents and other long-lived assets under SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. For long-lived assets to be held and used, the Company recognizes an impairment loss only if its carrying amount is not recoverable through its undiscounted cash flows and measures the impairment loss based on the difference between the carrying amount and fair value.

Research and Development
All research and development costs, payments to laboratories and research consultants are expensed when incurred.

Income Taxes
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method prescribed by SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” Deferred income taxes are recorded for temporary differences between financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect the tax rates expected to be in effect for the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is provided if it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. Under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code the net operating losses (NOL) generated prior to the June 30, 2006 reverse merger may be limited due to the change in ownership. In addition, the Company was a limited liability company through December 31, 2005. Consequently, all losses generated prior to December 31, 2005 are not available for utilization as an NOL for the Company.
 
F-7

 
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Significant estimates in these financials are the valuation of options granted and the valuation of preferred shares issued as stock dividends.

Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company maintains cash balances, at times, with financial institutions in excess of amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Management monitors the soundness of these institutions and considers the Company’s risk negligible.

Financial Instruments
The carrying values of accounts payable and other debt obligations approximated their fair values due to their short-term nature.

Stock-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation under the recognition requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123(R). “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, for employees and directors whereby each option granted is valued at fair market value on the date of grant. Under SFAS No. 123, the fair value of each option is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

The Company also follows the guidance in EITF 96-18 “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services” for equity instruments issued to consultants.
 
Net Loss Per Common Share
Basic EPS is computed by dividing income (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. The computation of Diluted EPS does not assume conversion, exercise or contingent exercise of securities that would have an anti-dilutive effect on earnings. (See Note 6)

Effects of Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Effective January 1, 2008, the Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Any amounts recognized upon adoption as a cumulative effect adjustment will be recorded to the opening balance of retained earnings in the year of adoption. The provisions of SFAS 157 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s statements of operations or financial position.

Effective January 1, 2008, the Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 159, “Establishing the Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Liabilities” to permit all entities to choose to elect to measure eligible financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. The decision whether to elect the fair value option may occur for each eligible items either on a specified election date or according to a preexisting policy for specified types of eligible items. However, that decision must also take place on a date on which criteria under SFAS 159 occurs. Finally, the decision to elect the fair value option shall be made on an instrument-by-instrument basis, except in certain circumstances. An entity shall report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The provisions of SFAS 159 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s statements of operations or financial position.
 
F-8

3.  CONVERTIBLE NOTES

The Company has outstanding Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $50,000, due in September 2009, which bear interest at the rate of 10% per annum. The holder of the Promissory Notes has the option to convert, on an all-or-none basis, the entire principal and outstanding interest of their Notes into the Series B Preferred Stock issued in June 2008. In addition, pursuant to the terms of such Promissory Notes, upon such conversion, each note holder will receive five-year warrants to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) 25% of the principal amount of the Promissory Note being converted, by (y) $0.035, the purchase price per share of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock. In addition, Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $175,000 plus accrued interest were converted into Series B Preferred Stock in June of 2008 (see Note 4, Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)).
 
4.  STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)

In June 2008, the Company completed an initial closing of a $4.45 million private placement, which included the conversion of Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $175,000 plus accrued interest. In connection with this transaction, the Company issued 44,531.47 shares of Series B Preferred Stock. The Company also issued a 5 year warrant to purchase 3,986,429 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.035 per share to the holder of the Promissory Notes in connection with their conversion into the private placement. In August 2008 the Company completed a closing of an $840,000 private placement. In connection with this transaction, the Company issued 8,400 shares of Series B Preferred Stock. The purchasers of the Series B Preferred Stock at the initial closing in June 2008 are entitled to purchase an additional $1.5 million of Series B Preferred Stock at the same price of $100 per share (their stated value) for a period of 15 months following the initial closing date. The Series B Preferred Shares are initially convertible into common stock at a rate of $0.035 per share subject to certain adjustments. As part of this transaction, the Company incurred approximately $220,000 in costs of raising capital during the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Pursuant to an agreement signed with the private placement investors, the Company will file an amendment to increase the conversion price of the Series B Preferred Stock from $0.035 to $0.0362 per share of Common Stock. The Company has 100 million shares authorized of preferred stock. Of this amount the Company has designated 12 million shares as 10% Series A Preferred Stock and 200,000 shares as 10% Series B Preferred Stock. The balance of authorized preferred shares is currently undesignated.

10% Series B Preferred Stock
 
Each share of Series B Preferred Stock has a stated value of $100.00, and is convertible at the holder’s option into that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the stated value of such share of Series B Preferred Stock divided by an initial conversion price of $0.035, subject to certain adjustments. Additionally, upon the occurrence of a stock split, stock dividend, combination of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, issuance of any of shares of Common Stock or other securities by reclassification of the Common Stock, merger or sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets, the conversion rate will be adjusted so that the conversion rights of the Series B Preferred Stock stockholders will be equivalent to the conversion rights of the Series B Preferred Stock stockholders prior to such event.

The Series B Preferred Stock bears a dividend of 10% per annum payable quarterly; provided, that if an “Event of Default” as defined in the Certificate of Designation designating the Series B Preferred Stock has occurred and is then continuing, the dividend rate increases to 20% per annum. An Event of Default includes, but is not limited to, the following:

 
·
the occurrence of “Non-Registration Events”;
 
·
an uncured breach by the Company of any material covenant, term or condition in the Certificate of Designation or any of the related transaction documents; and
 
·
any money judgment or similar final process being filed against the Company for more than $100,000.
 
F-9

Dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock will be made in additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock, valued at the stated value thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the first three-years following the initial closing, upon the approval of the holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock, including the lead investor, NJTC, if it then owns 25% of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock initially purchased by it (the “Required Amount”), the Company may pay dividends in cash instead of additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock, and after such three-year period, the holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock, including NJTC if it then owns the Required Amount, may require that such payments be made in cash.

In the event of the Company’s dissolution, liquidation or winding up, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock will receive, in priority over the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock, a liquidation preference equal to the stated value of such shares plus accrued dividends thereon.

Holders of Series B Preferred Stock have the right to vote on matters submitted to the holders of Common Stock on an as converted basis.

The Company has agreed to file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock within 180 days following the initial closing and to cause it to become effective within 240 days of such closing. The Company also granted the investors demand and piggyback registration rights with respect to such Common Stock. The investors in the private placement are entitled to liquidated damages in an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the purchase price of the Series B Preferred Stock if the Company fails to timely file that registration statement with, or have it declared effective by, the SEC.

Following the fifth anniversary of the initial closing, the holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock, including NJTC (if it then holds 25% of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock initially purchased by it) may elect to require the Company to redeem all (but not less than all) of their shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the original purchase price for such shares plus all accrued and unpaid dividends whether or not declared, provided the market price of the Company’s Common Stock is then below the conversion price of the Series B Preferred Stock.
 
Pursuant to the Certificate of Designation designating the Series B Preferred Stock, for so long as NJTC holds the Required Amount, NJTC is entitled to elect (i) two directors to the Company’s Board of Directors, which shall consist of six members, and (ii) two members to the Company’s compensation committee, which shall consist of at least three members. Following the initial closing, two affiliates of NJTC joined the Company’s Board of Directors and compensation committee pursuant to the foregoing provision.

The transaction documents entered into with the purchasers of the Series B Preferred Stock also provide for various penalties and fees for breaches or failures to comply with provisions of those documents, such as the timely payment of dividends, delivery of stock certificates upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock or exercise of the warrants, and obtaining and maintaining an effective registration statement with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying the Series B Preferred Stock and warrants sold in the offering.
 
 
F-10

In accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 00-27, the Company allocates the proceeds associated with the issuance of preferred stock based on the relative fair value of the preferred stock and warrants. Additionally, the Company evaluates if the embedded conversion option results in a beneficial conversion feature by comparing the relative fair value allocated to the preferred stock to the market value of the underlying common stock subject to conversion. In connection with the preferred stock issuances during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Company received total proceeds of $5,293,147. The Company allocated the total proceeds in accordance with EITF 00-27 based on the related fair value as follows: $5,110,773 was allocated to the preferred stock and $182,374 to the warrants. Additionally, the embedded conversion option resulted in a beneficial conversion feature in the amount of $182,374. In accordance with EITF 98-5, the value assigned to the warrants resulting from the relative fair value calculation as well as the value of the beneficial conversion feature is recorded as a preferred stock dividend and is presented in the consolidated statements of operations. In addition, the Company considers the guidance of EITF 00-19, “Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Common Stock,” and SFAS 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (as amended),” and concluded that the conversion feature embedded in the preferred stock only provides for physical settlement and there are no net settlement features. Accordingly, the Company has concluded that the conversion feature is not considered a derivative under EITF 00-19 and SFAS 133.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008 the Company recorded non-cash stock dividends totaling $243,264 in connection with the issuance of 616,625 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and stock dividends totaling $127,207 in connection with the issuance of 1,272.07 shares of Series B Preferred Stock as a stock dividend to its preferred shareholders as of September 30, 2008. The Company has estimated the fair value of the shares issued as stock dividends based upon the last completed financing transaction involving the underlying common shares which occurred in June 2008.

Pursuant to agreements with the June 30, 2006 purchasers of Series A Preferred Stock that waived their rights to anti-dilution price protection upon the completion of the Series B offering, the Company reduced the conversion price for these holders of Series A Preferred Stock from $1.25 per share of Common to prices ranging from $0.10 to $0.45 per share of Common. The June 30, 2006 purchasers of Series A Preferred Stock also received reductions in their corresponding warrant exercise prices from $2.00 per share of Common Stock to exercise prices ranging from $0.40 to $0.90 per share of Common Stock.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Company issued stock options to employees, consultants and directors resulting in aggregate compensation expense of $251,540, of which $66,662 and $184,878 is presented in research and development expenses and general and administrative expenses, respectively.

The summary of the stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 is as follows:
 
   
 
 
 
Weighted
 
Weighted
 
   
 
 
 
Average
 
Average
 
   
 
 
 
Exercise
 
Remaining
 
   
 
Shares
 
per Share
 
Life (Years)
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Outstanding, January 1, 2008 
   
2,098,502
 
$
9.41
   
7.7
 
Granted 
   
16,018,578
 
$
0.075
   
9.7
 
Cancelled 
   
68,638
 
$
26.87
   
 
Exercised 
   
   
   
 
Outstanding September 30, 2008 
   
18,048,442
 
$
1.06
   
9.4
 
 
The fair value of each stock option was valued using the Black Scholes pricing model which takes into account as of the grant date the exercise price (ranging from $0.035 to $0.25 per share) and expected life of the stock option ( ranging from 5-10 years), the current price of the underlying stock and its expected volatility (approximately 24 percent), expected dividends (-0- percent) on the stock and the risk free interest rate (approximately 4 percent) for the term of the stock option.

At September 30, 2008, the aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and currently exercisable amounted to approximately $10,000.

The summary of the status of the Company’s non-vested options for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 is as follows:
 
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Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Grant
Date
Fair
 Value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-vested, January 1, 2008
   
173,330
 
$
.80
 
Granted
   
16,018,578
 
$
.03
 
Cancelled
   
   
 
Vested
   
9,868,639
 
$
.03
 
Exercised
   
   
 
Non-vested, September 30, 2008
   
6,323,269
 
$
.06
 
 
As of September 30, 2008, approximately $418,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.42 years.

As of September 30, 2008, the Company has the following warrants to purchase common stock outstanding:
 
Number of Shares
To be Purchased
 
Warrant
Exercise
Price per Share
 
Warrant
Expiration Date
 
15,569
 
$
6.64
   
March 31, 2010
 
816,691
 
$
4.98
   
June 30, 2011
 
1,200,000
 
$
0.90
   
June 30, 2011
 
900,000
 
$
0.40
   
June 30, 2011
 
339,954
 
$
2.00
   
September 30, 2011
 
52, 080
 
$
2.00
   
July 31, 2011
 
400,000
 
$
0.40
   
October 31, 2011
 
240,125
 
$
2.00
   
October 24, 2016
 
3,986,429
 
$
0.035
   
June 25, 2013
 
 
As of September 30, 2008, the Company has the following warrants to purchase Series B Preferred Stock outstanding:

Number of Series B
Shares to be
Purchased  
 
 Warrant
 Exercise
 Price per
 Preferred
 Share 
 
Warrant
 Expiration 
 Date
 
15,000
 
$
100.00
   
September 25, 2009
 
 
 
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As of September 30, 2008, the Company has the following warrants to purchase Series A Preferred Stock outstanding:

Number of Series A
Shares to be 
Purchased  
 
Warrant 
Exercise
Price per
 Preferred
Share
 
Warrant
  Expiration
Date
 
525,000
 
$
1.00
   
June 30, 2011
 
 
If the holder of warrants for preferred stock exercises in full, the holder will receive additional five-year warrants to purchase a total of 210,000 shares of common stock at $2.00 per share.
 
5.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Employment Agreements

The Company has employment agreements with certain key executives through December 2008. The agreements provide for annual base salaries of varying amounts.

Royalty Agreements

Pursuant to an agreement dated August 11, 2003, an existing investor agreed to make a $4 million equity investment in the Company. These amounts were received by the Company in 2003. In connection with this agreement, the Company granted the investor a future royalty of 3% on all gross revenues received by the Company from the sale of its CytoSorb device. The Company has not generated any revenue from this product and has not incurred any royalty costs through September 30, 2008. The amount of future revenue subject to the royalty agreement could not be reasonably estimated nor has a liability been incurred, therefore, an accrual for royalty payments has not been included in the consolidated financial statements.

License Agreements

In an agreement dated September 1, 2006, the Company entered into a license agreement which provides the Company the exclusive right to use its patented technology and proprietary know how relating to adsorbent polymers for a period of 18 years. Under the terms of the agreement, MedaSorb has agreed to pay royalties of 2.5% to 5% on the sale of certain of its products if and when those products are sold commercially for a term not greater than 18 years commencing with the first sale of such product The Company has not generated any revenue from its products and has not incurred any royalty costs through September 30, 2008. The amount of future revenue subject to the license agreement could not be reasonably estimated nor has a liability been incurred, therefore, an accrual for royalty payments has not been included in the consolidated financial statements.

Company Name Change

Pursuant to a Settlement Agreement dated June 18, 2008, the Company will continue to use the name MedaSorb Technologies Corporation for the near term, but its wholly-owned subsidiary, through which the Company conducts all of its operational activities, has ceased using the “MedaSorb” name to avoid any potential confusion with a similarly named product of the other party to such agreement.

Warrant agreement

As inducement to invest additional funds in the private placement of Series B Preferred Stock, additional consideration was granted to the participants of the Series B Preferred Stock offering in the event that litigation is commenced against MedaSorb prior to June 30, 2018 claiming patent infringement on certain of the Company’s issued patents. In the event this litigation arises the Company may be required to issue warrants to purchase in the aggregate up to a maximum of ten million shares of common stock subject to certain adjustments. Through September 30, 2008 no such litigation has arisen and due to the deemed low probability of this potential outcome, the Company has not booked a contingent liability for this agreement.
 
6. NET LOSS PER SHARE

Basic loss per share and diluted loss per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 have been computed by dividing the net loss for each respective period by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during that period. All outstanding warrants and options representing 25,999,290 and 5,925,299 incremental shares at September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively, as well as shares issuable upon conversion of Series A and Series B Preferred Stock and Preferred Stock Warrants representing 235,067,262 and 6,889,126 incremental shares at September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively, have been excluded from the computation of diluted loss per share as they are anti-dilutive.
 
7. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Effective November 2008 the Company has changed the name of its wholly owned operating subsidiary to CytoSorbents, Inc.
 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   
Page
     
     
Report of Independent Accounting Firms
 
F-15
     
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006
 
F-17
     
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, and from inception to December 31, 2007
 
F-18
     
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficiency) period from inception to December 31, 2007
 
F-19
     
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, and from inception to December 31, 2007
 
F-24
     
Notes to Financial Statements
 
F-26

F-14

 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders,
MedaSorb Technologies Corporation:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Medasorb Technologies Corporation (a development stage company), as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the consolidated related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficiency) and cash flows for the years then ended and the cumulative period from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2007. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Medasorb Technologies Corporation as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for the years then ended and the cumulative period from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2007 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring net losses and negative cash flows from operations. These matters raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
 
/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, A Professional Corporation

New Brunswick, New Jersey
April 10, 2008
 
F-15

 
Report of Independent Public Accountants

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders,
Medasorb Corporation:

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Medasorb Corporation (a development stage company), as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related statements of operations, changes in members’ equity and cash flows for the period from inception (January 22, 1997) through December 31, 2000. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Medasorb Corporation as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from inception (January 22, 1997) to December 31, 2000, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Arthur Andersen, LLP

New York, New York
December 27, 2001
 
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MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(a development stage company)

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS 

 
December 31,
 
2007
 
2006
 
           
ASSETS
             
               
Current Assets:
             
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
211,613
 
$
2,873,138
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
200,682
   
24,880
 
               
Total current assets
   
412,295
   
2,898,018
 
               
Property and equipment - net
   
144,457
   
303,560
 
               
Other assets
   
245,820
   
243,471
 
               
Total long-term assets
   
390,277
   
547,031
 
               
Total Assets
 
$
802,572
 
$
3,445,049
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)
             
               
Current Liabilities:
             
Accounts payable
 
$
775,342
 
$
942,265
 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
   
131,526
   
69,779
 
Accrued interest
   
   
70,000
 
               
Total current liabilities
   
906,868
   
1,082,044
 
               
Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency):
             
               
10% Series A Preferred Stock, Par Value $0.001, 100,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2007 and 2006 8,019,508 and 7,403,585 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
   
8,019
   
7,403
 
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001, 100,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2007 and 2006 25,044,932 and 24,628,274 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
   
25,045
   
24,629
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
71,400,849
   
69,757,556
 
Deficit accumulated during the development stage
   
(71,538,209
)
 
(67,426,583
)
               
Total stockholders' equity (deficiency)
   
(104,296
)
 
2,363,005
 
               
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency)
 
$
802,572
 
$
3,445,049
 

The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

F-17


MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(a development stage company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

  
   
Period from
         
   
January 22,1997
         
   
(date of inception) to
 
Year ended 
 
Year ended 
 
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2007  
 
2007  
 
2006
 
               
Revenue
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
                     
Expenses:
                   
                     
Research and development
   
42,308,280
   
1,415,509
   
1,112,804
 
Legal, financial and other consulting
   
6,648,668
   
389,155
   
912,379
 
General and administrative
   
21,400,075
   
1,261,966
   
939,128
 
Change in fair value of management and incentive units
   
(6,055,483
)
 
   
 
                     
Total expenses
   
64,301,540
   
3,066,630
   
2,964,311
 
                     
Other (income) expenses:
                   
Gain on disposal of property and equipment
   
(21,663
)
 
   
 
Gain on extinguishment of debt
   
(216,617
)
 
(10,009
)
 
(31,608
)
Interest (income) expense, net
   
5,577,046
   
(67,362
)
 
4,738,877
 
Penalties associated with non-registration of Series A Preferred Stock
   
361,495
   
361,495
   
 
                     
Total other (income) expense, net
   
5,700,261
   
284,124
   
4,707,269
 
                     
Net loss
   
(70,001,801
)
 
(3,350,754
)
 
(7,671,580
)
                     
Series A preferred stock dividend
   
1,536,408
   
760,872
   
775,536
 
                     
Net loss available to common shareholders
 
$
(71,538,209
)
$
(4,111,626
)
$
(8,447,116
)
                     
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
       
$
(0.17
)
$
(0.56
)
                     
Weighted average number of common stock outstanding
         
24,848,562
   
14,956,072
 

The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
 
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MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(a development stage company)
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)


Period from January 22, 1997 (date of inception) to December 31, 2007
 
   
Members' 
               
Additional
 
Deficit
Accumulated
During the
   
Total
 
    
Equity
 
Deferred
 
 Common Stock
 
 Preferred Stock
 
Paid-In
 
Development
 
Stockholders'
 
  
 
(Deficiency)
 
Compensation
 
Shares
 
Par value
 
Shares
 
Par Value
 
Capital
 
   Stage
 
Equity (Deficit)
 
                                       
Balance at January 22, 1997 (date of inception)
 
$
 
$
   
 
$
   
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
                                                         
Equity contributions
   
1,143,487
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
1,143,487
 
                                                         
Subscriptions receivable
   
440,000
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
440,000
 
                                                         
Technology contribution
   
4,550,000
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
4,550,000
 
                                                         
Net loss
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(5,256,012
)
 
(5,256,012
)
 
   
     
   
   
   
   
   
  
   
  
   
   
   
  
   
  
   
 
 
Balance at December 31, 1997
   
6,133,487
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(5,256,012
)
 
877,475
 
                                                         
Equity contributions
   
2,518,236
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2,518,236
 
                                                         
Options issued to consultants
   
1,671
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
1,671
 
                                                         
Subscriptions receivable
   
50,000
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
50,000
 
                                                         
Net loss
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(1,867,348
)
 
(1,867,348
)
 
   
  
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Balance at December 31, 1998
   
8,703,394
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(7,123,360
)
 
1,580,034
 
                                                         
Equity contributions
   
1,382,872
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
1,382,872
 
                                                         
Equity issued to consultants
   
88,363
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
88,363
 
                                                         
Recognition of deferred compensation
   
47,001
   
(47,001
)
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
                                                         
Amortization of deferred compensation
   
   
15,667
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
15,667
 
                                                         
Subscriptions receivable
   
100,000
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
100,000
 
                                                         
Net loss
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(3,066,388
)
 
(3,066,388
)
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Balance at December 31, 1999
   
10,321,630
   
(31,334
)
 
   
   
   
   
   
(10,189,748
)
 
100,548
 
                                                         
Equity contributions
   
14,407,916
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
14,407,916
 
                                                         
Equity issued to consultants
   
1,070,740
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
1,070,740
 
 
The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
F-19

 
MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(a development stage company)
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)


Period from January 22, 1997 (date of inception) to December 31, 2007
 
   
Members' 
             
 Additional
 
Deficit
Accumulated
During the
   
Total
 
   
Equity
 
Deferred
 
 Common Stock
 
 Preferred Stock
 
Paid-In
 
Development
 
Stockholders'
 
  
 
(Deficiency)
 
Compensation
 
Shares
 
Par value
 
Shares
 
Par Value
 
Capital
 
   Stage
 
Equity (Deficit)
 
                                       
Warrants issued to consultants
   
468,526
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
468,526
 
                                                         
Recognition of deferred compensation
   
27,937
   
(27,937
)
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
                                                         
Amortization of deferred compensation
   
   
46,772
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
46,772
 
                                                         
Net loss
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(10,753,871
)
 
(10,753,871
)
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2000
   
26,296,749
   
(12,499
)
 
   
   
   
   
   
(20,943,619
)
 
5,340,631
 
                                                         
Equity contributions
   
13,411,506
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
13,411,506
 
                                                         
Equity issued to consultants
   
161,073
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
161,073
 
                                                         
Options issued to employee
   
2,847
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2,847
 
                                                         
Fees incurred in raising capital
   
(1,206,730
)
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(1,206,730
)
                                                         
Amortization of deferred compensation
   
   
12,499
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
12,499
 
                                                         
Net loss
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(15,392,618
)
 
(15,392,618
)
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2001
   
38,665,445
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(36,336,237
)
 
2,329,208
 
                                                         
Equity contributions
   
6,739,189
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
6,739,189
 
                                                         
Equity issued to consultants
   
156,073
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
156,073
 
                                                         
Options issued to consultant
   
176,250
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
176,250
 
                                                         
Options issued to employee
   
2,847
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2,847
 
                                                         
Fees incurred in raising capital
   
(556,047
)
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(556,047
)
                                                         
Forgiveness of loan receivable in exchange for equity
   
(1,350,828
)
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(1,350,828
)
                                                         
Net loss
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(11,871,668
)
 
(11,871,668
)
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2002
   
43,832,929
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(48,207,905
)
 
(4,374,976
)
 
The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
F-20

 
MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(a development stage company)
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)


Period from January 22, 1997 (date of inception) to December 31, 2007
 
   
Members' 
               
Additional
 
Deficit
Accumulated
During the
   
Total
 
   
Equity
 
Deferred
 
 Common Stock
 
 Preferred Stock
 
Paid-In
 
Development
 
Stockholders'
 
  
 
(Deficiency)
 
Compensation
 
Shares
 
Par value
 
Shares
 
Par Value
 
Capital
 
Stage
 
Equity (Deficit)
 
                                       
Equity contributions
   
4,067,250
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
4,067,250
 
                                                         
Equity issued to consultants
   
16,624
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
16,624
 
                                                         
Change in fair value of management units
   
2,952,474
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2,952,474
 
                                                         
Options issued to consultant
   
65,681
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
65,681
 
                                                         
Fees incurred in raising capital
   
(343,737
)
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(343,737
)
                                                         
Forgiveness of loan receivable in exchange for equity
   
(281,340
)
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(281,340
)
                                                         
Net loss
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(6,009,283
)
 
(6,009,283
)
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2003
   
50,309,881
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(54,217,188
)
 
(3,907,307
)
                                                         
Equity contributions
   
512,555
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
512,555
 
                                                         
Change in fair value of management units
   
(2,396,291
)
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(2,396,291
)
                                                         
Fees incurred in raising capital
   
(80,218
)
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(80,218
)
                                                         
Net Loss
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(1,096,683
)
 
(1,096,683
)
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2004
   
48,345,927
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(55,313,871
)
 
(6,967,944
)
                                                         
Equity contributions
   
92,287
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
92,287
 
                                                         
Settlement of accounts payable in exchange for equity
   
836,319
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
836,319
 
                                                         
Conversion of convertible notes payable and accrued interest for equity
   
51,565
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
51,565
 
                                                         
Change in fair value of management units
   
(14,551
)
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(14,551
)
                                                         
Fees incurred in raising capital
   
(92,287
)
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(92,287
)
                                                         
Reorganization from an LLC to "C" corporation
   
(49,219,260
)
 
   
4,829,120
   
4,829
   
   
   
49,214,431
         
 
 
The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
F-21

 
MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(a development stage company)
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)


Period from January 22, 1997 (date of inception) to December 31, 2007
 
   
Members'
               
Additional
 
Deficit
Accumulated
During the
   
Total
 
   
Equity
 
Deferred
 
 Common Stock
 
 Preferred Stock
 
Paid-In
 
Development
 
Stockholders'
 
  
 
(Deficiency)
 
Compensation
 
Shares
 
Par value
 
Shares
 
Par Value
 
Capital
 
   Stage
 
Equity (Deficit)
 
                                       
Net loss
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(3,665,596
)
 
(3,665,596
)
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2005
   
   
   
4,829,120
   
4,829
   
   
   
49,214,431
   
(58,979,467
)
 
(9,760,207
)
                                                         
Issuance of common stock for stock subscribed
   
   
   
240,929
   
241
   
   
   
799,644
   
   
799,885
 
                                                         
Issuance of common stock to investor group for price protection
   
   
   
100,000
   
100
   
   
   
(100
)
 
   
 
                                                         
Issuance of stock options to employees, consultants and directors
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
143,352
   
   
143,352
 
                                                         
Issuance of 10% Series A Preferred Stock for cash
   
   
   
   
   
5,300,000
   
5,300
   
5,530,143
   
(235,443
)
 
5,300,000
 
                                                         
Cost of raising capital associated with issuance of preferred stock
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(620,563
)
 
   
(620,563
)
                                                         
Shares held by original stockholders of Parent immediately prior to merger
   
   
   
3,750,000
   
3,750
   
   
   
(3,750
)
 
   
 
                                                         
Conversion of convertible debt, related accrued interest and shares to induce conversion into common stock
   
   
   
5,170,880
   
5,171
   
   
   
11,376,939
   
   
11,382,110
 
                                                         
Issuance of common stock in consideration for funding '$1,000,000 convertible note payable per terms of merger transaction
   
   
   
10,000,000
   
10,000
   
   
   
990,000
   
   
1,000,000
 
                                                         
Issuance of common stock in exchange for accounts payable and services rendered
   
   
   
778,274
   
779
   
   
   
587,035
   
   
587,814
 
                                                         
Conversion of common stock issued prior to reverse merger for 10% Series A Preferred Stock
   
   
   
(240,929
)
 
(241
)
 
799,885
   
800
   
30,194
   
(30,753
)
 
 
                                                         
Non-cash stock dividends on 10% Series A Preferred Stock
   
   
   
   
   
303,700
   
303
   
303,397
   
(303,700
)
 
 
                                                         
Issuance of preferred stock for redemption of convertible note
   
   
   
   
   
1,000,000
   
1,000
   
1,204,640
   
(205,640
)
 
1,000,000
 
                                                         
Issuance of warrants to consultants for services
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
9,883
   
   
9,883
 
                                                         
Issuance of warrants in exchange for accounts payable
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
192,311
   
   
192,311
 
 
The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
F-22

 
MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(a development stage company)
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)


Period from January 22, 1997 (date of inception) to December 31, 2007
 
   
Members' 
               
Additional
 
Deficit
Accumulated
During the
   
Total
 
   
Equity
 
Deferred
 
 Common Stock
 
 Preferred Stock
 
Paid-In
 
Development
 
Stockholders'
 
  
 
(Deficiency)
 
Compensation
 
Shares
 
Par value
 
Shares
 
Par Value
 
Capital
 
   Stage
 
Equity (Deficit)
 
                                       
Net loss
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(7,671,580
)
 
(7,671,580
)
     
 
   
 
   
  
   
   
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2006
 
$
 
$
   
24,628,274
 
$
24,629
   
7,403,585
 
$
7,403
 
$
69,757,556
 
$
(67,426,583
)
$
2,363,005
 
                                                         
Issuance of stock options to employees, consultants and directors
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
498,955
   
   
498,955
 
                                                         
Issuance of common stock in settlement of accounts payable
   
   
   
11,501
   
11
   
   
   
22,991
   
   
23,002
 
                                                         
Conversion of preferred stock into common stock
   
   
   
405,157
   
405
   
(506,446
)
 
(506
)
 
101
   
   
 
                                                         
Issuance of Series A Preferred Stock as dividends and settlement of dividends/penalties payable in connection with non-registration event
   
   
   
   
   
1,122,369
   
1,122
   
1,121,246
   
(760,872
)
 
361,496
 
                                                         
Net loss
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(3,350,754
)
 
(3,350,754
)
     
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2007
 
$
 
$
   
25,044,932
 
$
25,045
   
8,019,508
 
$
8,019
 
$
71,400,849
 
$
(71,538,209
)
$
(104,296
)

The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
F-23

 
MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(a development stage company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 
   
 For the Period from
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 January 22, 1997
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (date of inception) to
 
 Year ended
 
 Year ended
 
 
 
 December 31,
 
 December 31,
 
 December 31,
 
 
 
 2007
 
 2007
 
 2006
 
                  
Cash flows from operating activities:
                   
Net loss
 
$
(70,001,801
)
$
(3,350,754
)
$
(7,671,580
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used by operating activities:
                   
Common stock issued as inducement to convert convertible notes payable and accrued interest
   
3,351,961
   
   
3,351,961
 
Issuance of common stock to consultants for services
   
30,000
   
   
30,000
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
2,237,065
   
190,440
   
255,526
 
Amortization of debt discount
   
1,000,000
   
   
1,000,000
 
Gain on disposal of property and equipment
   
(21,663
)
 
   
 
Gain on extinguishment of debt
   
(216,617
)
 
(10,009
)
 
(31,608
)
Abandoned patents
   
183,556
   
   
 
Bad debts - employee advances
   
255,882
   
   
 
Contributed technology expense
   
4,550,000
   
   
 
Consulting expense
   
237,836
   
   
 
Management unit expense
   
1,334,285
   
   
 
Expense for issuance of warrants
   
478,409
   
   
9,883
 
Expense for issuance of options
   
889,932
   
498,955
   
143,352
 
Amortization of deferred compensation
   
74,938
   
   
 
Penalties in connection with non-registration event
   
361,496
   
361,496
   
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                   
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
(472,230
)
 
(175,802
)
 
(5,619
)
Other assets
   
(53,893
)
 
   
(2,730
)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
   
2,726,079
   
(72,165
)
 
(421,677
)
Accrued interest
   
1,823,103
   
(70,000
)
 
493,310
 
               
Net cash used by operating activities
   
(51,231,662
)
 
(2,627,839
)
 
(2,849,182
)
                     
Cash flows from investing activities:
                   
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
   
32,491
   
   
 
Purchases of property and equipment
   
(2,220,521
)
 
(21,427
)
 
 
Patent costs
   
(405,678
)
 
(12,259
)
 
(64,863
)
Loan receivable
   
(1,632,168
)
 
   
 
               
Net cash used by financing activities
   
(4,225,876
)
 
(33,686
)
 
(64,863
)
                     
Cash flows from financing activities:
                   
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
   
400,490
   
   
400,490
 
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net of related issuance costs
   
4,679,437
   
   
4,679,437
 
Equity contributions - net of fees incurred
   
41,711,198
   
   
 
Proceeds from borrowing
   
8,378,631
   
   
 
Proceeds from subscription receivables
   
499,395
   
   
 
               
Net cash provided by financing activities
   
55,669,151
   
   
5,079,927
 
 
The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
 
F-24

 
MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(a development stage company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 
   
 For the Period from
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 January 22, 1997
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (date of inception) to
 
 Year ended
 
 Year ended
 
 
 
 December 31,
 
 December 31,
 
 December 31,
 
 
 
 2007
 
 2007
 
 2006
 
                  
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
211,613
   
(2,661,525
)
 
2,165,882
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
   
   
2,873,138
   
707,256
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
211,613
 
$
211,613
 
$
2,873,138
 
                     
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                   
Cash paid during the period for interest
 
$
590,189
 
$
78,409
 
$
 
                     
Supplemental schedule of noncash financing activities:
           
Note payable principal and interest conversion to equity
 
$
10,201,714
 
$
 
$
9,030,149
 
Issuance of member units for leasehold improvements
 
$
141,635
 
$
 
$
 
Issuance of management units in settlement of cost of raising capital
 
$
437,206
 
$
 
$
 
Change in fair value of management units for cost of raising capital
 
$
278,087
 
$
 
$
 
Exchange of loan receivable for member units
 
$
1,632,168
 
$
 
$
 
Issuance of equity in settlement of accounts payable
 
$
1,609,446
 
$
23,002
 
$
750,125
 
Issuance of common stock in exchange for stock subscribed
 
$
399,395
 
$
 
$
399,395
 
                     
Costs paid from proceeds in conjunction with issuance of preferred stock
 
$
620,563
 
$
 
$
620,563
 
Series A Preferred stock dividends
 
$
1,536,408
 
$
760,872
 
$
775,536
 
                     
Net effect of conversion of common stock to preferred stock prior to merger
 
$
559
 
$
 
$
559
 
 
During the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, 506,446 and -0- Series A Preferred Shares were converted into 405,157 and -0- Common Shares, respectively. For the period from January 22, 1997 (date of inception) to December 31, 2007, 506,446 Series A Preferred Shares were converted into 405,157 Common Shares.

During the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, 553,629 and -0- Series A Preferred Shares were issued in connection with the non-registration event as settlement of dividends/penalties payable, respectively, For the period from January 22, 1997 (date of inception) to December 31, 2007, 553,629 Series A Preferred Shares were issued in connection with the non-registration event as settlement of dividends/penalties payable.

The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
 
F-25

 
1.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the results of MedaSorb Technologies Corporation (the “Parent”), formerly known as Gilder Enterprises, Inc., and MedaSorb Technologies, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”), collectively referred to as “the Company.”

On June 30, 2006, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among the Parent, MedaSorb Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as MedaSorb Corporation) (“MedaSorb Delaware”) and the Parent’s subsidiary (formerly known as MedaSorb Acquisition Inc.), MedaSorb Delaware merged (the “Merger”) with the Parent’s subsidiary, and the stockholders of MedaSorb Delaware became stockholders of the Parent. The business of the Subsidiary (the business conducted by MedaSorb Delaware prior to the Merger) is now the Company’s only business.

In connection with the Merger (i) the former stockholders of MedaSorb Delaware were issued an aggregate of 20,340,929 shares of Common Stock of the Parent in exchange for the same number of shares of common stock of MedaSorb Delaware previously held by such stockholders, (ii) outstanding warrants and options to purchase a total of 1,697,648 shares of the common stock of MedaSorb Delaware were cancelled in exchange for warrants and stock options to purchase the same number of shares of the Parent’s Common Stock at the same exercise prices and otherwise on the same general terms as the options and warrants that were cancelled, and (iii) certain providers of legal services to MedaSorb Delaware who previously had the right to be issued approximately 997,000 shares of MedaSorb Delaware common stock as payment toward accrued legal fees, became entitled to instead be issued the same number of shares of the Parent’s Common Stock as payment toward such services. Immediately prior to the Merger, after giving effect to a share cancellation transaction effected by the former principal stockholder of the Parent, the Parent had outstanding 3,750,000 shares of Common Stock and no warrants or options to purchase Common Stock. MedaSorb Delaware prior to the Merger had 300,000,000 authorized shares of common stock. Following the Merger, the Parent has authorized 100,000,000 shares of common stock and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock.

For accounting purposes, the Merger has been accounted for as a reverse merger, since the Parent was a shell company prior to the Merger, the former stockholders of MedaSorb Delaware owned a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Parent’s Common Stock immediately following the Merger, and directors and executive officers of MedaSorb Delaware became the Parent’s directors and executive officers. Accordingly, MedaSorb Delaware is treated as the acquiror in the Merger, which is treated as a recapitalization of MedaSorb Delaware, and the pre-merger financial statements of MedaSorb Delaware are now deemed to be the historical financial statements of the Parent. Historical information described in this report refers to the operations of MedaSorb Delaware prior to the Merger.

The Company is a development stage company and has not yet generated any revenues. Since inception, the Company's expenses relate primarily to research and development, organizational activities, clinical manufacturing, regulatory compliance and operational strategic planning. Although the Company has made advances on these matters, there can be no assurance that the Company will continue to be successful regarding these issues, nor can there be any assurance that the Company will successfully implement its long-term strategic plans.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has experienced negative cash flows from operations since inception and has a deficit accumulated during the development stage at December 31, 2007 of $71,538,209. The Company is not currently generating revenue and is dependent on the proceeds of present and future financings to fund its research, development and commercialization program. The Company is continuing its fund-raising efforts. Although the Company has historically been successful in raising additional capital through equity and debt financings, there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in raising additional capital in the future or that it will be on favorable terms. Furthermore, if the Company is successful in raising the additional financing, there can be no assurance that the amount will be sufficient to complete the Company's plans. These matters raise substantial doubt about the Companys ability to continue as a going concern. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the outcome of this uncertainty.
 
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The Company has developed an intellectual property portfolio, including 25 issued and multiple pending patents, covering materials, methods of production, systems incorporating the technology and multiple medical uses.

2.
PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

Nature of Business

The Company is engaged in the research, development and commercialization of medical devices with its platform blood purification technology incorporating a proprietary adsorbent polymer technology. The Company is focused on developing this technology for multiple applications in the medical field, specifically to provide improved blood purification for the treatment of acute and chronic health complications associated with blood toxicity. As of December 31, 2007, the Company has not commenced commercial operations and, accordingly, is in the development stage. The Company has yet to generate any revenue and has no assurance of future revenue.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Parent, MedaSorb Technologies Corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, MedaSorb Technologies, Inc. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Development Stage Corporation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 7, "Accounting and Reporting by Development Stage Enterprises."
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of property and equipment is provided for by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of their economic useful lives or the term of the related leases. Gains and losses on depreciable assets retired or sold are recognized in the statements of operations in the year of disposal. Repairs and maintenance expenditures are expensed as incurred.

Patents

Legal costs incurred to establish patents are capitalized. When patents are issued, capitalized costs are amortized on the straight-line method over the related patent term. In the event a patent is abandoned, the net book value of the patent is written off.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets

The Company assesses the impairment of patents and other long-lived assets under SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. For long-lived assets to be held and used, the Company recognizes an impairment loss only if its carrying amount is not recoverable through its undiscounted cash flows and measures the impairment loss based on the difference between the carrying amount and fair value.
 
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Research and Development

All research and development costs, payments to laboratories and research consultants are expensed when incurred.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method prescribed by SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” Deferred income taxes are recorded for temporary differences between financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect the tax rates expected to be in effect for the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is provided if it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. Under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code the net operating losses generated prior to the reverse merger may be limited due to the change in ownership. Additionally, net operating losses generated subsequent to the reverse merger may be limited in the event of changes in ownership.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
 
Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company maintains cash balances, at times, with financial institutions in excess of amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Management monitors the soundness of these institutions and considers the Company’s risk negligible.

Financial Instruments

The carrying values of accounts payable and other debt obligations approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature.

Net Loss per Common Share

Basic EPS is computed by dividing income (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. The computation of diluted EPS does not assume conversion, exercise or contingent exercise of securities that would have an anti-dilutive effect on earnings. Refer to Note 9 for methodology for determining net loss per share.
 
Stock-Based Compensation
 
The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation under the recognition requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123(R). “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, for employees and directors whereby each option granted is valued at fair market value on the date of grant. Under SFAS No. 123, the fair value of each option is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
 
The Company also follows the guidance in EITF 96-18 “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services” for equity instruments issued to consultants.
 
Effects of Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In September 2006 the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, with earlier application encouraged. Any amounts recognized upon adoption as a cumulative effect adjustment will be recorded to the opening balance of retained earnings in the year of adoption. The Company has not yet determined the impact of this statement on its results of operations or financial condition.
 
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The Company has adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), on January 1, 2007. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with FASB Statement 109 “Accounting for Income Taxes”, and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition classification, interest and penalties accounting in interim periods disclosure and transition.

Based on our evaluation, we have concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in our financial statements or adjustments to our deferred tax assets and related valuation allowance. Our evaluation was performed for the tax years ended December 31, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, the tax years which remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions as of December 31, 2007.

The Company may from time to time be assessed interest or penalties by major tax jurisdictions, although such assessments historically have been minimal and immaterial to our financial results. In the event we have received an assessment for interest and/or penalties, it has been classified in the financial statements as general and administrative expense.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “Establishing the Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Liabilities” to permit all entities to choose to elect to measure eligible financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. The decision whether to elect the fair value option may occur for each eligible items either on a specified election date or according to a preexisting policy for specified types of eligible items. However, that decision must also take place on a date on which criteria under SFAS 159 occurs. Finally, the decision to elect the fair value option shall be made on an instrument-by-instrument basis, except in certain circumstances. An entity shall report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. SFAS No. 159 applies to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, with early adoption permitted for an entity that has also elected to apply the provisions of SFAS No. 157. The Company is currently evaluating this pronouncement in connection with SFAS No. 157.

3.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET:

Property and equipment - net, consists of the following:

December 31,
 
2007
 
2006
 
Depreciation/
Amortization
Period
 
               
Furniture and fixtures
 
$
130,015
 
$
130,015
   
7 years
 
Equipment and computers
   
1,731,242
   
1,709,815
   
3 to 7 years
 
Leasehold improvements
 
462,980
 
462,980
   
Term of lease
 
     
2,324,237
   
2,302,810
       
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
2,179,780
   
1,999,250
 
Property and Equipment, Net
 
$
144,457
 
$
303,560
       

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Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 amounted to $180,530 and $250,096, respectively. Depreciation expense from inception to December 31, 2007 amounted to $2,206,868.

4.
OTHER ASSETS:

Other assets consist of the following:

December 31,
 
2007
 
2006
 
           
Intangible assets, net
 
$
191,926
 
$
189,577
 
Security deposits
   
53,894
   
53,894
 
Total
 
$
245,820
 
$
243,471
 

Intangible assets consist of the following:

December 31,
 
2007
 
2006
 
   
Gross
 
Accumulated
 
Gross
 
Accumulated
 
   
Amount
 
Amortization
 
Amount
 
Amortization
 
                   
Patents
 
$
222,121
 
$
30,195
 
$
209,863
 
$
20,286
 
 
The issued patents that are capitalized are being amortized over the patents remaining legal life. Pending patents are not amortized. Amortization expense amounted to $9,910 and $5,428 for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Amortization expense from inception to December 31, 2007 amounted to $30,196.

Amortization expense is anticipated to be approximately $11,300 for the next five years ended December 31, 2012.

5.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES:

Accounts Payable and accrued expenses consist of the following:

   
December 31,
     
   
2007
 
2006
 
           
Other payable
 
$
255,418
 
$
151,241
 
Legal, financial and consulting
   
242,891
   
290,168
 
Research and development
   
329,177
   
451,414
 
Filing fees
   
79,382
   
119,221
 
               
   
$
906,868
 
$
1,012,044
 

6.
INCOME TAXES:

From inception through December 31, 2005, the Company incurred losses which, as a limited liability company, were passed through to its members. Tax losses amounted to approximately $2,900,000 and $3,400,000 for the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, the sum of which also represents the Company’s net operating loss carryforward which expires through 2027. These loss carryforwards are subject to limitation in future years should certain ownership changes occur. A full valuation allowance equal to the deferred tax asset has been recorded due to the uncertainty that the Company will have the ability to utilize such asset.
 
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For the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, the Company’s effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate principally due to net operating losses offset by certain non-deductible expenses for which no benefit has been recorded.

A reconciliation of the Federal statutory rate to the Company’s effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 is as follows:

   
2007
 
2006
 
           
Federal statutory rate
   
(34.0
)%
 
(34.0
)%
Decrease resulting from:
             
Non-deductible expenses
   
4.9
   
18.6
 
Operating losses
   
29.1
   
15.4
 
Effective tax rate
   
%
 
%
 
7.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

The Company is obligated under non-cancelable operating leases for office space and equipment expiring at various dates through September 2009. The aggregate minimum future payments under these leases are approximately as follows:

Year ending December 31,
 
     
2008
 
$
163,000
 
     
2009
   
30,000
 
Total 
       
$
193,000
 

The preceding data reflects existing leases and does not include replacements upon their expiration. In the normal course of business, operating leases are normally renewed or replaced by other leases.

Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 amounted to approximately $253,000 and $226,000, respectively.

Employment Agreements

The Company has employment agreements with certain key executives through December 2008. The agreements provide for annual base salaries of varying amounts.
 
One of these agreements includes an anti-dilution provision whereby the employee is granted options for the right to obtain 5% of the outstanding stock of the Company on a fully diluted basis. For the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company’s financial statements reflect the issuance of options to purchase 480,122 and 413,920 shares of common stock to this employee consistent with his employment agreement and includes a bonus grant. These options were valued at approximately $251,000 and $69,600 and have been included as a charge to the consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Litigation

The Company is involved in various claims and legal actions. Management is of the opinion that these claims and legal actions have no merit, but may have a material adverse impact on the consolidated financial position of the Company and/or the results of its operations.  
 
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Royalty Agreements

In an agreement dated August 11, 2003 an existing investor agreed to make a $4 million equity investment in the Company. These amounts were received by the Company in 2003. In connection with this agreement the Company granted the investor a future royalty of 3% on all gross revenues received by the Company from the sale of its CytoSorb device. The Company has not generated any revenue from this product and has not incurred any royalty costs through December 31, 2007. The amount of future revenue subject to the royalty agreement could not be reasonably estimated nor has a liability been incurred, therefore, an accrual for royalty payments has not been included in the consolidated financial statements.

License Agreements

In an agreement dated September 1, 2006, the Company entered into a license agreement which provides the Company the exclusive right to use its patented technology and proprietary know how relating to adsorbent polymers for a period of 18 years. Under the terms of the agreement, MedaSorb has agreed to pay royalties of 2.5% to 5% on the sale of certain of its products if and when those products are sold commercially for a term not greater than 18 years commencing with the first sale of such product. The Company has not generated any revenue from its products and has not incurred any royalty costs through December 31, 2007. The amount of future revenue subject to the Settlement Agreement could not be reasonably estimated nor has a liability been incurred, therefore, an accrual for royalty payments has not been included in the consolidated financial statements.
 
8.
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

10% Series A Preferred Stock
 
Each share of Series A Preferred Stock has a stated value of $1.00, and is convertible at the holder’s option into that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the stated value of such share of Series A Preferred Stock divided by an initial conversion price of $1.25. Upon the occurrence of a stock split, stock dividend, combination of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, issuance of any of shares of Common Stock or other securities by reclassification of the Common Stock, merger or sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets, the conversion rate will be adjusted so that the conversion rights of the Series A Preferred Stock stockholders will be equivalent to the conversion rights of the Series A Preferred Stock stockholders prior to such event. In addition, in the event the Company sells shares of Common Stock (or the equivalent thereof) at a price of less than $1.25 per share, the conversion price of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be reduced to such lower price. In addition, in the event the Company sells shares of Common Stock (or the equivalent thereof) at a price of less than $2.00 per share, the exercise price of the warrants issued to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will be reduced to such lower price.

The Series A Preferred Stock bears a dividend of 10% per annum payable quarterly, at the Company’s election in cash or additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock valued at the stated value thereof; provided, however, that the Company must pay the dividend in cash if an “Event of Default” as defined in the Certificate of Designation designating the Series A Preferred Stock has occurred and is then continuing. In addition, upon an Event of Default, the dividend rate increases to 20% per annum. An Event of Default includes, but is not limited to, the following:

 
·
the occurrence of “Non-Registration Events”;
 
·
an uncured breach by the Company of any material covenant, term or condition in the Certificate of Designation or any of the related transaction documents; and
 
·
any money judgment or similar final process being filed against the Company for more than $100,000.

In the event of the Company’s dissolution, liquidation or winding up, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will receive, in priority over the holders of Common Stock, a liquidation preference equal to the stated value of such shares plus accrued dividends thereon.
 
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The Series A Preferred Stock is not redeemable at the option of the holder but may be redeemed by the Company at its option following the third anniversary of the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock for 120% of the stated value thereof plus any accrued but unpaid dividends upon 30 days' prior written notice, during which time the Series A Preferred Stock may be converted, provided a registration statement is effective under the Securities Act with respect to the Common Stock into which such Preferred is convertible and an Event of Default is not then continuing.

Holders of Series A Preferred Stock do not have the right to vote on matters submitted to the holders of Common Stock.
The registration rights provided for in the subscription agreements entered into with the purchasers of the Series A Preferred Stock: 1) required that the Company file a registration statement with the SEC on or before 120 days from the closing to register the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and exercise of the warrants, and cause such registration statement to be effective within 240 days following the closing; and 2) entitles each of these investors to liquidated damages in an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the purchase price of the Series A Preferred Stock if the Company fails to timely file that registration statement with, or have it declared effective by, the SEC.

The transaction documents entered into with the purchasers of the Series A Preferred Stock also provide for various penalties and fees for breaches or failures to comply with provisions of those documents, such as the timely payment of dividends, delivery of stock certificates upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock or exercise of the warrants, and obtaining and maintaining an effective registration statement with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying the Series A Preferred Stock and warrants sold in the offering.

The Company has recorded non-cash stock dividends in connection with the issuance of Series A Preferred Stock as a stock dividend to its preferred shareholders as of December 31, 2007. Prior to February 26, 2007 and after May 7, 2007, the dividend rate was 10% per annum. Effective February 26, 2007 due to the Company’s failure to have the registration statement it filed declared effective by the Commission within the time required under agreements with the June 30, 2006 purchasers of the Series A Preferred Stock (i) dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to those purchasers were required to be paid in cash, (ii) the dividend rate increased from 10% per annum to 20% per annum, and (iii) such purchasers were entitled to liquidated damages of 2% of their principal investment payable in cash per 30 day period until the registration statement was declared effective. In connection with such cash dividend and penalty obligations, as modified by the Settlement Agreement described below, the Company’s financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2007 also reflect an aggregate charge of $361,496. On May 7, 2007 the Company’s registration statement filed in connection with the Company’s obligations to the June 30, 2006 purchasers of its Series A Preferred Stock was declared effective by the Commission.

Pursuant to a settlement agreement entered into in August 2007 with the June 30, 2006 purchasers of the Series A Preferred Stock, cash dividends stopped accruing on the Series A Preferred Stock effective on the date the Company’s registration statement was declared effective (May 7, 2007) and all cash dividends and penalties due through that date were paid with additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock at its stated value of $1.00 per share in lieu of cash. The settlement, did not result in a gain or loss on extinguishment of debt for the year ended December 31, 2007. Additionally, as part of the settlement, the dividend rate on the Series A Preferred Stock issued to these purchasers was reset to 10% effective as of May 7, 2007.

During the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company issued 760,873 and 303,700 shares of Series A Preferred Stock respectively as payment of stock dividends at the stated value of $1.00 per share. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company issued 361,496 shares of Series A Preferred Stock as settlement of the cash dividends and penalties payable to the purchasers under the agreement.  The shares were valued at $361,495 and included as a charge to operations under other (income) expenses for the year ended December 31, 2007.
 
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In accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 00-27, the Company allocates the proceeds associated with the issuance of preferred stock based on the relative fair value of the preferred stock and warrants. Additionally, the Company evaluates if the embedded conversion option results in a beneficial conversion feature by comparing the relative fair value allocated to the preferred stock to the market value of the underlying common stock subject to conversion. In connection with the preferred stock issuances during the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company received total proceeds of $7,099,885. The Company allocated the total proceeds in accordance with EITF 00-27 based on the related fair value as follows: $6,776,667 was allocated to the preferred stock and $323,218 to the warrants. Additionally, the embedded conversion option resulted in a beneficial conversion feature in the amount of $148,618. In accordance with EITF 98-5, the value assigned to the warrants resulting from the relative fair value calculation as well as the value of the beneficial conversion feature is recorded as a preferred stock dividend and is presented in the consolidated statements of operations. In addition, the Company considers the guidance of EITF 00-19, “Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Common Stock,” and SFAS 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (as amended),” and concluded that the conversion feature embedded in the preferred stock only provides for physical settlement and there are no net settlement features. Accordingly, the Company has concluded that the conversion feature is not considered a derivative under EITF 00-19 and SFAS 133.

Stock Option Plans
 
As of December 31, 2007, the Company had a Long Term Incentive Plan (“2006 Plan”) to attract, retain, and provide incentives to employees, officers, directors, and consultants. The Plan generally provides for the granting of stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, or any combination of the foregoing to eligible participants.

A total of 2,500,000 shares of common stock are reserved for issuance under the 2006 Plan. As of December 31, 2007 there were outstanding options to purchase 1,208,023 shares of common stock reserved under the plan. Additionally, as of December 31, 2007 there were options to purchase 890,479 shares of Common Stock that were issued outside of the 2006 Plan.

The 2006 Plan as well as grants issued outside of the Plan are administered by the Board of Directors.  The Board is authorized to select from among eligible employees, directors, advisors and consultants those individuals to whom incentives are to be granted and to determine the number of shares to be subject to, and the terms and conditions of the options.  The Board is also authorized to prescribe, amend and rescind terms relating to options granted under the Plans.  Generally, the interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plans or any options granted hereunder is within the discretion of the Board.

The Plan provides that options may or may not be Incentive Stock Options (ISOs) within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code.  Only employees of the Company are eligible to receive ISOs, while employees and non-employee directors, advisors and consultants are eligible to receive options which are not ISOs, i.e. “Non-Qualified Options.”  Because the Company has not yet obtained shareholder approval of the 2006 Plan, all options granted thereunder to date are “Non-Qualified Options” and until such shareholder approval is obtained, all future options issued under the 2006 Plan will also be “Non-Qualified Options.”

Stock-based Compensation
 
Effective January 1, 2006, the Company implemented the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123(R) and guidance of SAB 107 for all share-based compensation. Share-based employee compensation for the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 in the amounts of approximately $37,000 and $462,000 (net of related tax) and $31,300 and $112,000 (net of related tax), are included in the net loss of $3,350,754 and $7,671,580, respectively under the captions research and development and general and administrative.
 
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The summary of the stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2007 is as follows:

           
Weighted
 
       
Weighted
 
Average
 
       
Average
 
Remaining
 
       
Exercise
 
Contractual
 
   
Shares
 
per Share
 
Life (Years)
 
Outstanding, January 1, 2007
   
1,185,001
 
$
15.66
   
7.5
 
Granted
   
913,622
   
1.31
   
9.2
 
Cancelled
   
(121
)
 
41.47
   
0.0
 
Exercised
   
   
   
 
Outstanding, December 31, 2007
   
2,098,502
 
$
9.41
   
7.7
 
 
The weighted-average grant date fair value for options granted during the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 amounted to approximately $0.63 and $0.30 per share, respectively.

At December 31, 2007, the aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and options currently exercisable amounted to $0.

The summary of the status of the Company’s non-vested options for the year ended December 31, 2007 is as follows:

       
Weighted
 
       
Average
 
       
Grant Date
 
   
Shares
 
Fair Value
 
Non-vested, January 1, 2007
   
79,665
 
$
0.77
 
Granted
   
913,622
 
$
0.63
 
Cancelled
   
 
$
 
Vested
   
(819,957
)
$
0.57
 
Exercised
   
   
 
Non-vested, December 31, 2006
   
173,330
 
$
0.80
 
 
As of December 31, 2007, approximately $139,004 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.74 years.
 
As of December 31, 2007, the Company has the following warrants to purchase common stock outstanding:
 
Number of Shares
 
Warrant Exercise
 
Warrant
 
To be Purchased
 
Price per Share
 
Expiration Date
 
15,569         
 
$
6.64
   
March 31, 2010
 
816,691         
 
$
4.98
   
June 30, 2011
 
2,100,000         
 
$
2.00
   
June 30, 2011
 
339,954         
 
$
2.00
   
September 30, 2011
 
52,080         
 
$
2.00
   
July 31, 2011
 
400,000         
 
$
2.00
   
October 31, 2011
 
240,125         
 
$
2.00
   
October 24, 2016
 
 
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As of December 31, 2007, the Company has the following warrant to purchase preferred stock outstanding:

 
Warrant Exercise
 
Warrant
 
Shares to be
 
Price per
 
Expiration
 
Purchased
 
Preferred Share
 
Date
 
525,000
 
$
1.00
   
June 30, 2011
 

If the holder of warrants for preferred stock exercises in full, the holder will receive additional 5 year warrants to purchase a total of 210,000 shares of common stock at $2.00 per share.

Equity Instruments Issued for Services Rendered
 
During the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 the Company issued stock options, warrants and shares of common stock in exchange for services rendered to the Company. The fair value of each stock option and warrant was valued using the Black Scholes pricing model which takes into account as of the grant date the exercise price (ranging from $0.22 to $1.90 per share) and expected life of the stock option or warrant (5-10 years), the current price of the underlying stock and its expected volatility (approximately 26 percent), expected dividends (-0- percent) on the stock and the risk free interest rate (ranging from 4 to 4.5 percent) for the term of the stock option or warrant. Shares of common stock are valued at the quoted market price on the date of grant. The fair value of each grant was charged to the related expense in the statement of operations for the services received.
 
9.
NET LOSS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 have been computed by dividing the net loss for each respective period by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during that period. All outstanding warrants and options representing approximately 3,964,419 and 2,098,502 incremental shares, respectively, as well as shares issuable upon conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and Preferred Stock Warrant representing approximately 7,045,606 incremental shares have been excluded from the computation of diluted EPS as they are anti-dilutive.

10.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
In January 2008, the Board approved an increase in the number of shares of common stock issuable under the Company’s 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan from 2,500,000 to 20,000,000.

In January 2008, the Company issued options to purchase 3,014,000 shares of Common Stock to eligible employees and a consultant exercisable at $.25 per share.
 
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. We believe the following critical accounting policies have significant effect in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

Development Stage Corporation

The Company’s financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 7, "Accounting and Reporting by Development Stage Enterprises."

Patents

Legal costs incurred to establish patents are capitalized. When patents are issued, capitalized costs are amortized on the straight-line method over the related patent term. In the event a patent is abandoned, the net book value of the patent is written off.

Research and Development

All research and development costs, payments to laboratories and research consultants are expensed when incurred.

Stock Based-Compensation

The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation under the recognition requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123(R). “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, for employees and directors whereby each option granted is valued at fair market value on the date of grant. Under SFAS No. 123, the fair value of each option is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

The Company also follows the guidance in EITF 96-18 “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services” for equity instruments issued to consultants.
  
Plan of Operations

We are a development stage company and expect to remain so for at least the next twelve months. We have not generated revenues to date and do not expect to do so until we commercialize and receive the necessary regulatory approvals to sell our proposed products. We will seek to commercialize a blood purification technology that efficiently removes middle molecular weight toxins from circulating blood and physiologic fluids.
 
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We are focusing our efforts on the commercialization of our CytoSorb™ product, which we believe will provide a relatively faster regulatory pathway to market. The first indication for CytoSorb™ will be in the adjunctive treatment of sepsis (bacterial infection of the blood), which causes systematic inflammatory response syndrome. CytoSorb™ has been designed to prevent or reduce the accumulation of high concentrates of cytokines in the bloodstream associated with sepsis. It is intended for short term use as an adjunctive device to the standard treatment of sepsis. To date, we have manufactured the CytoSorb™ device on a limited basis for testing purposes, including for use in clinical studies. We believe that current state of the art blood purification technology (such as dialysis) is incapable of effectively clearing the toxins intended to be adsorbed by our CytoSorb™ device.
 
Following the sepsis indication, we intend to continue our research in other acute conditions where CytoSorb™ has indicated potential in preliminary studies to prevent or reduce the accumulation of cytokines in the bloodstream. These conditions include the prevention of post-operative complications of cardiac surgery (cardiopulmonary bypass surgery) and damage to organs donated for transplant prior to organ harvest. We are also exploring the potential benefits the CytoSorb™ device may have in removing drugs from blood.

In December 2006, we submitted a proposed pilot study for approval to the FDA with respect to CytoSorb™, the first device we intend to bring to market. In the first quarter of 2007, we received approval from the FDA to conduct a limited study of five patients in the adjunctive treatment of sepsis. Based on management’s belief that proceeding with the approved limited study would add at least one year to the approval process for the United States, we made a determination to focus our efforts on obtaining regulatory approval in Europe before proceeding with the FDA.

We estimate that the market potential in Europe for our products is substantially equivalent to that in the U.S. Given the opportunity to conduct a much larger clinical study in Europe, and management’s belief that the path to a CE Mark should be faster than FDA approval, we have targeted Europe for the initial market introduction of our CytoSorb™ product. To accomplish the European introduction, in July 2007 we prepared and filed a request for a clinical trial with German regulators. We received approval of the final study design in October of 2007. The clinical study allows for enrollment of up to 80 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome or acute lung injury in the setting of sepsis. We have recently made arrangements with several hospitals in Germany to conduct the clinical studies, and to date, have enrolled fifteen (15) patients in the study.

The clinical protocol for our European clinical study has been designed to allow us to gather information to support future U.S. studies. In the event we receive the CE Mark and are able to successfully commercialize our products in the European market, we will review our plans for the United States to determine whether to conduct clinical trials in support of 510K or PMA registration.

However, there can be no assurance we will eventually obtain regulatory approval for our CytoSorb™ or any other device from CE Mark. Even if we eventually obtain CE Mark approval, there can be no assurance as to when such approval will be obtained, because we cannot control the timing of responses from regulators to our submissions. After we can obtain the CE Mark approval, there is no assurance that we will resume application process with the FDA. If we do decide to continue the process with FDA, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain the FDA approval eventually.

Our research and development costs were, $1,376,921 and $1,081,078, for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 respectively, and $594,358 and $438,287 for the three months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. We have experienced substantial operating losses since inception. As of September 30, 2008, we had an accumulated deficit of $74,637,905 which included losses from operations of $870,331 and $2,328,242 for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008. In comparison, we had losses from operations of $686,153 and $2,463,417 for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2007. Historically, our losses have resulted principally from costs incurred in the research and development of our polymer technology, and general and administrative expenses, which together were $755,021 and $2,055,468 for the three and nine month periods ended June 30, 2008.
 
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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Since inception, our operations have been financed through the private placement of our debt and equity securities. At December 31, 2007 we had cash of $211,613. As of September 30, 2008 we had cash on hand of $3,375,041, and current liabilities of $932,502. Our increase in cash from December 31, 2007 is a result of the June and August 2008 private placements of Series B Preferred Stock which totaled $5.29 million. Notwithstanding the closing of the private placement, we will require additional funding before we are able to commercialize our products and will continue to seek funding for the long term needs of the Company. There can be no assurance that financing will be available on acceptable terms or at all. If adequate funds are unavailable, we may have to suspend, delay or eliminate one or more of our research and development programs or product launches or marketing efforts or cease operations.

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

There have been no changes in or disagreements with our accountants on accounting or financial disclosure matters.

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The following table sets forth our directors and executive officers, their ages and the positions they hold:

Name
 
Age
 
Position
Al Kraus*
 
64
 
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
William R. Miller
 
80
 
Chairman of the Board
James Winchester, MD
 
65
 
Chief Medical Officer
Vincent Capponi
 
50
 
Chief Operating Officer
David Lamadrid
 
37
 
Chief Financial Officer
Edward R. Jones, MD, MBA
 
60
 
Director
Joseph Rubin, Esq.
 
70
 
Director
James Gunton
 
42
 
Director
Phillip Chan, MD, Ph.D. **
 
38
 
Interim CEO, Director

* Al Kraus has resigned from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer effective as of December 31, 2008. Dr. Phillip Chan has been appointed to replace Mr. Kraus.  

** Dr. Phillip Chan has been appointed by the Board of Directors to replace Al Kraus when he steps down as the Company’s President and CEO.

Al Kraus. Mr. Kraus has more than twenty-five years’ experience managing companies in the dialysis, medical device products, personal computer and custom software industries. He has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of MedaSorb since 2003. Prior to joining us, from 2001 to 2003, Mr. Kraus was President and CEO of NovoVascular Inc., an early stage company developing coated stent technology. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Kraus was President and CEO of Althin Healthcare and from 1998 to 2000, of Althin Medical Inc., a manufacturer of products for the treatment of end stage renal disease. While CEO of Althin, he provided strategic direction and management for operations throughout the Americas. From 1979 to 1985, Mr. Kraus was U.S. Subsidiary Manager and Chief Operating Officer of Gambro Inc., a leading medical technology and healthcare company. Mr. Kraus was the Chief Operating Officer of Gambro when it went public in the United States in an offering led by Morgan Stanley.
 
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William R. Miller. Mr. Miller has been the Chairman of the Board since January 1, 2007. Mr. Miller served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company from 1985 until 1991, at which time he retired. Mr. Miller is Chairman of the Board of Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He previously served as Chairman of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a non-profit institution, and the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association. Mr. Miller is also a Trustee of the Manhattan School of Music and a Managing Director of the Metropolitan Opera Association. Mr. Miller earned his M.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, England.
 
Vincent Capponi. Mr. Capponi joined MedaSorb as Vice President of Operations in 2002 and became its Chief Operating Officer in July 2005. He has more than 20 years of management experience in medical device, pharmaceutical and imaging equipment at companies including Upjohn, Sims Deltec and Sabratek. Prior to joining MedaSorb in 2002, Mr. Capponi held several senior management positions at Sabratek and its diagnostics division GDS, and was interim president of GDS diagnostics in 2001. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Capponi was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Sabratek and Vice President Operations from 1996 to 1998. He received his MS in Chemistry and his BS in Chemistry and Microbiology from Bowling Green State University.
 
David Lamadrid.  Mr. Lamadrid has been with MedaSorb since 2000 and has served as its Chief Financial Officer since October 2002. He has 15 years of business experience in finance and operations. Prior to joining MedaSorb in 2000, Mr. Lamadrid was a financial analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank working in the Middle Market Banking Group. Mr. Lamadrid received his MBA from New York University, a BS in Finance from St. John’s University, and an AAS in Accounting from S.U.N.Y. Rockland.
 
James Winchester, M.D. Prior to joining MedaSorb in 2000, Dr. Winchester was Professor of Medicine and Director of Dialysis Programs at Georgetown University School of Medicine for more than 25 years. Dr. Winchester is also currently the Chief of the Nephrology Division at Beth Israel Medical Center, a position he has held since July 2004. He has published more than 200 articles in scientific and medical journals, and has co-authored eight books in the fields of renal replacement therapy and clinical poisoning management. Dr. Winchester is editor-in chief of Replacement of Renal Function, the most widely used textbook for nephrology fellows. Dr. Winchester has published more articles on hemoperfusion than any other nephrologist in the world. He is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in hemoperfusion and toxicology, and is a former member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Total Renal Care (Davita). Dr. Winchester received his medical degree from the University of Glasgow and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
 
Edward R. Jones, MD, MBA. Dr. Jones has been a director of ours since April 2007. Dr. Jones is an attending physician at the Albert Einstein Medical Center and Chestnut Hill Hospital as well as Clinical Professor of Medicine at Temple University Hospital. Dr. Jones has published or contributed to the publishing of 30 chapters, articles, and abstracts on the subject of treating kidney-related illnesses. He is a sixteen-year member of the Renal Physicians Association, the Philadelphia County Medical Society and a past board member of the National Kidney Foundation of the Delaware Valley. Dr. Jones has been elected to serve as the next President of the Renal Physicians Association starting in 2009.
 
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Joseph Rubin, Esq. Mr. Rubin became a director of MedaSorb in 1997. Mr. Rubin is a founder and Senior Partner of Rubin, Bailin, and Ortoli, LLP an international and domestic corporate and commercial law firm in New York City, where he has practiced law since 1986. Mr. Rubin also teaches at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, where he is also Executive Director of the International Technical Assistance Program for Public Affairs (ITAP). Mr. Rubin was Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business from 1973 to 1994, and taught at Columbia Law School in 1996. Mr. Rubin received his law degree from Harvard Law School, and his B.A., MIA, and M.Phil degrees in political science and international relations from Columbia University. 

Jim Gunton, Mr. Gunton became a director of MedaSorb in 2008. He is a cofounder of the NJTC Venture Fund. Mr. Gunton has been investing in privately-held growth technology companies for fifteen years. Before co-founding in 2001 the $80 million NJTC Venture Fund, Jim was a manager at Oracle Corporation in the Silicon Valley. He represents NJTC Venture Fund at nine portfolio companies and is a former Governor of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies. Jim earned a BS from Stanford University and an MBA with distinction from Duke University.

Phillip Chan, MD, PhD Dr. Chan became a director of MedaSorb in 2008. He is a partner of the NJTC Venture Fund. Phillip Chan, MD, PhD is a Partner at NJTC Venture Fund, specializing in healthcare and life science investments with a particular focus on medical devices, therapeutics and diagnostics. He represents the Fund at nine portfolio companies as either a board director or observer. Dr. Chan received his MD and PhD in Genetics from the Yale University School of Medicine and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard. He is a Board-certified Internal Medicine physician. He also holds a BS in cell and molecular biology from Cornell University, graduating with honors and distinction.
  
Audit Committee Financial Expert

The Board of Directors does not have an Audit Committee, and therefor does not have an “audit committee financial expert.”
 
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following table shows for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, compensation awarded to or paid to, or earned by, our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Operating Officer, our Chief Financial Officer, and our Chief Medical Officer (the “Named Executive Officers”).
 
Name and Principal Position
 
Year
 
Salary
($)
 
Bonus
($)
 
Option
Awards (1)
($)
 
Total ($)
 
Al Kraus
   
   
   
   
   
 
Chief Executive Officer
   
2007
   
216,351
   
-0-
   
251,446
(2) 
 
467,797
 
 
   
2006
   
201,257
   
-0-
   
69,555
(3)
 
270,812
 
Vincent Capponi,
   
   
   
   
   
 
Chief Operating Officer
   
2007
   
195,527
   
-0-
   
-0-
   
195,527
 
 
   
2006
   
178,441
   
200
   
40,297
(4)
 
218,939
 
David Lamadrid,
   
   
   
   
   
 
Chief Financial Officer
   
2007
   
145,801
   
-0-
   
137,781
(5)
 
283,582
 
 
   
2006
   
135,629
   
200
   
-0-
   
135,829
 
Dr. James Winchester
   
   
   
   
   
 
Chief Medical Officer
   
2007
   
120,000
   
-0-
   
2,431
(6)
 
122,431
 
 
   
2006
   
120,000
   
-0-
   
40,297
(7)
 
160,297
 
 
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(1)
The value of option awards granted to the Named Executive Officers has been estimated pursuant to SFAS No. 123(R) for the options described in the footnotes below, except that for purposes of this table, we have assumed that none of the options will be forfeited. The Named Executive Officers will not realize the estimated value of these awards in cash until these awards are vested and exercised or sold. For information regarding our valuation of option awards, see “Stock-Based Compensation” in Note 2 of our financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2007.   
 
(2)
Options to purchase 400,000 shares of Common Stock, all of which are exerciseable, at an exercise price of $1.26 per share were granted on February 8, 2007 and expire on February 8, 2017, and options to purchase 80,122 shares of Common Stock, all of which are exerciseable, at an exercise price of $0.22 per share were granted on December 31, 2007 and expire on December 31, 2017. 
 
(3)
Reflects options to purchase 413,920 shares of Common Stock, all of which are currently exercisable at an exercise price of $6.64 per share. Options to purchase 332,094 of these shares were granted on September 30, 2006 and expire on September 30, 2016, and options to purchase 81,826 of these shares were granted on December 31, 2006 and expire on December 31, 2016.
 
(4)
Reflects options to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.65 per share, which were granted on December 31, 2006 and expire on December 31, 2016. This option vested and became exercisable as to 16,667 shares on the date of grant, vested and become exercisable as to 16,667 shares on December 31, 2007; and will vest as to 16,666 shares on December 31, 2008.
 
(5)
Reflects option to purchase 150,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.90 per share, which was granted on January 16, 2007 and expires on January 16, 2017. This option vested and became exercisable as to 50,000 shares on the date of grant, vested and become exercisable as to 50,000 shares on January 16, 2008; and will vest as to 50,000 shares on January 16, 2009.  
 
(6)
Option to purchase 25,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.22 per share, which was granted on December 31, 2007 and expires on December 31, 2017 . This option vested and became exercisable as to 8,333 shares on the date of grant, will vest as to 8,333 shares on December 31, 2008; and will vest as to 8,334 shares on December 31, 2009.
 
(7)
Reflects options to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.65 per share, which were granted on December 31, 2006 and expire on December 31, 2016. This option vested and became exercisable as to 16,667 shares on the date of grant, vested and become exercisable as to 16,667 shares on December 31, 2007; and will vest as to 16,666 shares on December 31, 2008. 
 
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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
 
The following table shows for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, certain information regarding outstanding equity awards at fiscal year end for the Named Executive Officers.
 
Outstanding Equity Awards At December 31, 2007

 
 
Option Awards
 
Name
 
Number of
Securities Underlying
Unexercised Options
(#)
Exercisable
 
Number of Securities
Underlying Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
 
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
 
Option
Expiration Date
 
Al Kraus
   
332,094
       
6.64
(1)
 
9/30/16
 
 
   
81,826
       
6.64
(1)
 
12/31/16
 
 
   
400,000
       
1.26
(1)
 
02/08/17
 
 
   
80,122
       
0.22
(1)
 
12/31/17
 
Vincent Capponi
   
33,334
   
16,666
   
1.65
(2)
 
12/31/16
 
 
                 
David Lamadrid
   
50,000
   
100,000
   
1.90
(3)
 
01/16/17
 
 
                 
Dr. James Winchester
   
33,334
   
16,666
   
1.65
(4)
 
12/31/16
 
 
   
8,333
   
16,667
   
0.22
(5)
 
12/31/17
 
 
 
(1)
Fully vested
 
 
(2)
Vests and becomes exercisable as to (i) 16,667 shares on December 31, 2006; (ii) 16,667 shares on December 31, 2007; and (iii) 16,666 shares on December 31, 2008.
 
 
(3)
Vests and becomes exercisable as to (i) 50,000 shares on January 16, 2007; (ii) 50,000 shares on January 16, 2008; and (iii) 50,000 shares on January 16, 2009.
 
 
(4)
Vests and becomes exercisable as to (i) 16,667 shares on December 31, 2006; (ii) 16,667 shares on December 31, 2007; and (iii) 16,666 shares on December 31, 2008.
 
 
(5)
Vests and becomes exercisable as to (i) 8,333 shares on December 31, 2007; (ii) 8,333 shares on December 31, 2008; and (iii) 8,334 shares on December 31, 2009.
 
Director Compensation
 
The following table shows for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 certain information with respect to the compensation of all non-employee directors of the Company.
 
Director Compensation for Fiscal 2007

Name
 
Fees Earned or
Paid in
Cash
($)
 
Option
Awards
($) (1)
 
Total
($)
 
William R. Miller
   
20,000
   
159,536
(2)(3) 
 
179,536
 
 
             
Joseph Rubin
   
10,000
   
972
(2)(4)
 
10,972
 
 
             
Kurt Katz
   
10,000
   
972
(2)(5)
 
10,972
 
 
             
Edward R. Jones
   
6,000
   
729
(2)(6)
 
6,729
 
 
             
Martin F. Whalen
   
4,000
   
486
(2)(7)
 
4,486
 
 
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(1)
The value of option awards granted to directors has been estimated pursuant to SFAS No. 123(R) for the options described in the footnotes below, except that for purposes of this table, we have assumed that none of the options will be forfeited. The directors will not realize the estimated value of these awards in cash until these awards are vested and exercised or sold. For information regarding our valuation of option awards, see “Stock-Based Compensation” in Note 2 of our financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2006.
 
 
(2)
Fully vested
 
 
(3)
At December 31, 2007, Mr. Miller held options to purchase 200,000 shares of our Common Stock.
 
 
(4)
At December 31, 2007, Mr. Rubin held options to purchase 71,715 shares of our Common Stock.
 
 
(5)
At December 31, 2007, we had issued on behalf of Mr. Katz options to purchase 66,817 shares of our Common Stock in connection with his service as a director. All of these options have been issued to a trust established by Mr. Katz for the benefit of his children.
 
 
(6)
At December 31, 2007, Dr. Jones held options to purchase 7,500 shares of our Common Stock.
 
 
(7)
At December 31, 2007, Mr. Whalen held options to purchase 5,000 shares of our Common Stock.
 
In 2007, we approved arrangements under which each non-employee director receives a fee of $2,000 for each Board meeting attended in person and a fee of $1,000 for each Board meeting participated in by telephone. In addition, our Board approved a policy under which each non-employee director will be eligible to be issued options to purchase up to 10,000 shares of our Common Stock on December 31, 2007 based on attendance at quarterly Board meetings held during 2007. Such options will be exercisable at the closing price of our Common Stock on the date of grant. Our directors are also reimbursed for actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors.
 
In connection with his appointment as Chairman of the Board, we agreed to compensate Mr. Miller at the rate of $20,000 per annum, and on January 1, 2007 we issued Mr. Miller a ten year option to purchase 200,000 shares of our Common Stock at a price of $1.65 per share (the last reported sales price on the OTC Bulletin Board on December 29, 2006). In January 2008 we issued Mr. Miller an additional option to purchase 100,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share.

In 2008, the Board approved the issuance to each non-employee director, with the exception of the Chairman, options to purchase up to 30,000 shares of Common Stock on December 31, 2008 based on attendance at quarterly Board meetings held during 2008.

Employment Agreement with Named Officers

We entered into employment agreements with the named officer through December 2008. The agreements provide for annual base salaries for varying amounts and different stock upon plans.
 
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Al Kraus

We entered into a new employment agreement with Al Kraus on June 18, 2008. Pursuant to the employment agreement, we agree to pay Al Kraus an annual base compensation of $216,351 payable in equal semimonthly installments in accordance with our usual practice. The base compensation shall be subject to annual review (but his compensation may not be reduced from then current level) by the Compensation Committee. In addition, in accordance with the Employment Agreement, we agree to grant Al Kraus stock options for the number of shares of Common Stock that will enable him to continue hold 5% of the outstanding shares of our Common Stock if we obtain additional equity capital of Four Million Dollars, including any form of financing or investment that can convert to equity, determined and granted upon close of the Series B financing date at the market price per share on the date the options are granted. In the event more than $4 million is raised in a single financing, such anti-dilution protection will only give effect to the first $4 million raised in such financing. Conversely, if less than $4 million is raised in a single financing, such anti-dilution protection will continue to apply to successive financings until an aggregate of $4 million has been raised following December 31, 2007, giving effect only to the first $4 million raised following December 31, 2007. Options issued to employee shall be deemed fully vested on issuance. It is also understood that the Employee's Options will be adjusted on the same basis as all other stock holders to account for any stock split, stock dividend, combination or recapitalization.

Al Kraus has resigned from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer effective as of December 31, 2008.

Vincent Capponi

We entered into a new employment agreement with Vincent Capponi on June 18, 2008. Pursuant to this employment agreement, we agree to pay Vincent Capponi an initial annual base compensation of $195,767 payable in equal semimonthly installments in accordance with our usual practice. This base compensation shall be subject to annual review by our Compensation Committee, but his compensation may not be reduced from then current level. He is eligible for employee stock options which will be adjusted on the same basis as all other shareholders to account for any stock split, stock dividends, combination or recapitalization.

David Lamadrid

We entered into a new employment agreement with David Lamadrid on June 18, 2008. Pursuant to this employment agreement, we agree to pay David Lamadrid an initial annual base compensation of $145,801 payable in equal semimonthly installments in accordance with our usual practice. This base compensation shall be subject to annual review by our Compensation Committee, but his compensation may not be reduced from then current level. He is eligible for employee stock options which will be adjusted on the same basis as all other shareholders to account for any stock split, stock dividends, combination or recapitalization.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
 
In October 2005, MedaSorb Delaware entered into an Investment Agreement with Margie Chassman pursuant to which she advanced us $1,000,000. At the time of the advance, Ms. Chassman was not a stockholder of, or otherwise affiliated with, MedaSorb Delaware. The advance bore interest at the rate of 6% per annum. Pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement, on October 28, 2006, the $1,000,000 advance was converted into 1,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (convertible into 800,000 shares of Common Stock) and warrants to purchase 400,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $2.00 per share. On the date of conversion, the last reported sales price of our Common Stock was $1.44, so that the aggregate market value of the 800,000 shares of Common Stock underlying the Series A Preferred Stock issued on October 28, 2006 was $1,152,000, and the aggregate market value of the 400,000 shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants issued on October 28, 2006, which had an aggregate exercise price of $800,000, was $576,000.
 
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The Investment Agreement provided that Ms. Chassman would be issued 10 million shares of common stock in consideration for funding the loan, and further provided that she would assist in arranging a “Qualified Merger” and that she would “invest or arrange for others to invest” between $3 to $11.5 million. This assistance consisted primarily of consultations between MedaSorb Delaware and Ms. Chassman’s husband, David Blech. Mr. Blech introduced MedaSorb Delaware to potential placement agents, investors and merger partners including the company (Gilder Enterprises, Inc.) that MedaSorb Delaware ultimately merged with. Mr. Blech also introduced us to the four institutional investors that purchased $5.25 million of our securities on June 30, 2006. Mr. Blech also assisted us in structuring these transactions. Of the four investors, two had co-invested with Ms. Chassman in other transactions, and the other two were introduced by the investors that had previously invested with Ms. Chassman. A description of Mr. Blech and his background can be found in footnote 2 to the Principal Stockholders table. We have been informed that Ms. Chassman has operated a small graphic design business for at least fifteen years and, for at least the last seven years, has invested in numerous early stage biotechnology and information technology companies. Ms. Chassman has also informed us that her portfolio of investments, exclusive of her investment in MedaSorb, is currently worth in excess $25,000,000.
 
In consideration for funding the $1 million advance, in addition to the securities into which such loan was converted on October 28, 2006 as described above, Ms. Chassman and her designees were issued an aggregate of 10 million shares of Common Stock prior to the merger; such shares are included in the 20,340,929 shares of common stock of MedaSorb Delaware outstanding immediately prior to the June 30, 2006 merger. Upon issuance, the shares were valued at $12,500,000 based on the conversion price of the 5,250,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock sold on that date. These shares of Common Stock are subject to a 12-month lock-up agreement expiring June 30, 2007 and a voting agreement entitling us to voting rights with respect to such shares until the earlier to occur of a transfer of those shares to an unrelated third party or June 30, 2008.

Following transfers effected by Ms. Chassman, the 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock are currently held as follows:
 
Stockholder
 
Shares of
Common
Stock
 
Margie Chassman
   
4,795,000
 
Margery Germain
   
2,000,000
 
Central Yeshiva Beth Joseph
   
1,000,000
 
Wood River Trust
   
1,050,000
 
Spring Charitable Remainder Trust
   
1,150,000
 
Miriam Fisher
   
5,000
 
 
The share held by Ms. Germain include 300,000 shares held directly by her minor children. Wood River Trust is a trust formed for the benefit of Evan Blech, the son of Ms. Chassman and Mr. Blech. The trustees of Wood River Trust are Harvey Kesner and Michael C. Doyle. Ms. Chassman and Mr. Blech are the income beneficiaries of Spring Charitable Remainder Trust, and its remainder beneficiary is a charitable organization yet to be designated. Andrew Levinson is the trustee of the Spring Charitable Remainder Trust.
 
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In connection with our June 30, 2006 sale of Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to four institutional investors which generated gross proceeds of $5.25 million, to induce those investors to make the investment, Margie Chassman pledged to those investors securities of other publicly traded companies. The pledged securities consist of a $400,000 promissory note of Xechem International, Inc. convertible into Xechem common stock at $.005 per share, and 250,000 shares of the common stock of Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. Based on the market value of the Xechem common stock ($.07 per share) and the Novelos common stock ($1.03) per share, on June 30, 2006, the aggregate fair market value of the pledged securities at the date of pledge was approximately $5,857,500.
 
In the event those investors have suffered a loss on their investment in our securities as of June 30, 2007 (as determined by actual sales by those investors or the market price of our Common Stock on such date), the investors may sell all or a portion of the pledged securities so that the investors receive proceeds from such sale in an amount equal to their loss on their investment in our securities. No assurance can be given that the sale of the pledged securities will provide these investors with sufficient proceeds to cover the full extent of their loss, if any, on their investment. In consideration of her pledge to these investors, we paid Ms. Chassman (i) $525,000 in cash (representing 10% of the cash amount raised from the institutional investors), and (ii) five-year warrants to purchase
 
· 
525,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (representing 10% of the Series A Preferred Stock purchased by those investors), and
 
· 
warrants to purchase 210,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share (representing 10% of the Series A Preferred Stock purchased by those investors),
 
for an aggregate exercise price of $525,000.
 
In August 2003, in order to induce Guillermina Vega Montiel, a principal stockholder of ours, to make a $4 million investment in MedaSorb Delaware, we granted Ms. Montiel a perpetual royalty equal to three percent of all gross revenues received by us from sales of CytoSorbTM in the applications of sepsis, cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, organ donor, chemotherapy and inflammation control. In addition, for her investment, Ms. Montiel received 1,230,770 membership units of MedaSorb Delaware, which at the time was a limited liability company. Those membership units ultimately became 185,477 shares of our Common Stock following our June 30, 2006 merger.
  
Separate from the $1 million advance provided by Ms. Chassman, from time to time beginning in 2003 through June 30, 2006, MedaSorb Delaware issued convertible notes to various investors in the aggregate principal amount of $6,549,900. The notes bore interest at a rate of 12 percent per annum and were convertible into common stock at prices ranging from $3.32 per share to $6.64 per share (as adjusted for the merger and conversion of MedaSorb Delaware from a limited liability company to a corporation). Some of the convertible notes were issued together with warrants. On June 30, 2006, these convertible notes, in the aggregate principal amount of $6,549,900, together with $1,480,249 in accrued interest, were converted into 5,170,880 shares of Common Stock and five-year warrants to purchase a total of 816,691 shares of Common Stock at a price of $4.98 per share. The 5,170,880 shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion includes 3,058,141 shares issued to the note holders as an inducement for them to convert the convertible notes. The inducement shares were valued at $3,351,961, and such amount is included as a charge to interest expense in our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. Guillermina Vega Montiel, a principal stockholder of ours, held approximately $4,120,000 in principal amount of the convertible notes, which together with $679,800 of accrued interest, converted into 4,354,189 of the shares of Common Stock issued as a result of the conversion.
 
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Joseph Rubin is a director of ours and performs legal services from time to time. At December 31, 2007, MedaSorb Delaware owed Mr. Rubin’s firm approximately $2,500 in respect of legal services provided by his firm to MedaSorb Delaware.
 
Director Independence 
 
Members of our Board of Directors, other than Joseph Rubin, who performs legal services for us as disclosed above, Al Kraus, our Chief Executive Officer, and James Gunton and Phillip Chan, partners at the NJTC Venture Fund, are independent under the standards set forth in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4200(a)(15).
 
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS 
 
The following table sets forth information known to us with respect to the beneficial ownership of Common Stock held of record as of December 11, 2008, by (1) all persons who are owners of 5% or more of our Common Stock, (2) each of our named executive officers (see “Summary Compensation Table”), (3) each director, and (4) all of our executive officers and directors as a group. Each of the stockholders can be reached at our principal executive offices located at 7 Deer Park Drive, Suite K, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852.

 
 
Shares Beneficially Owned
(1)
 
Names and Address of Directors, Officers and 5% Stockholders
 
Number
 
Percent 
 
 
         
Margie Chassman (2)
   
56,278,538
   
73.3
%
 
             
Guillermina Montiel (3)
   
5,052,456
   
20.0
%
 
             
Margery Germain (4)
   
2,000,000
   
7.9
%
 
             
Robert Shipley (5)
   
16,277,619
   
39.7
%
 
             
Directors and Executive Officers
             
 
             
Al Kraus (6)
   
9,407,001
   
28.3
%
 
             
William R. Miller (7)
   
325,000
   
1.3
%
 
             
David Lamadrid (8)
   
2,279,567
   
8.4
%
 
             
Vince Capponi (9)
   
1,763,919
   
6.6
%
 
             
Joseph Rubin (10)
   
721,547
   
2.8
%
 
             
James Winchester (11)
   
324,914
   
1.3
%
 
             
Phillip Chan (12)
   
367,984
   
1.4
%
 
             
Edward R. Jones (13)
   
52,500
   
*
 
 
             
Jim Gunton
   
0
   
*
 
 
             
All directors and executive officers as a group (nine persons) (14)
   
15,242,432
   
40.1
%
 
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*
Less than 1%.
 1
Gives effect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all options exercisable within 60 days of December 1, 2008 and other rights beneficially owned by the indicated stockholders on that date. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and includes voting and investment power with respect to shares. Unless otherwise indicated, the persons named in the table have sole voting and sole investment control with respect to all shares beneficially owned. Percentage ownership is calculated based on 25,263,517 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 1, 2008.
  2
Based on information reflected in a Schedule 13G filed by Ms. Chassman with the SEC on November 20, 2006, and includes 5,460,000 shares of Common Stock ultimately issuable upon exercise and conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and warrants underlying the warrant we issued Ms. Chassman upon the closing of our Series A Preferred Stock private placement, 12,084,890 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, 4,386,429 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 26,611,798 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, and 2,940,331 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants. Ms. Chassman waived her registration rights with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock and warrants. Margie Chassman is married to David Blech. Mr. Blech disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares. Since 1980 Mr. Blech has been a founder of companies and venture capital investor in the biotechnology sector. His initial venture investment, Genetic Systems Corporation, which he helped found and served as treasurer and a member of the board of directors, was sold to Bristol Myers in 1986 for $294 million of Bristol Myers stock. Other companies he helped found include DNA Plant Technology, Celgene Corporation, Neurogen Corporation, Icos Corporation, Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Alexion Pharmaceuticals and Neurocrine Biosciences. He was also instrumental in the turnaround of Liposome Technology, Inc. and Biotech General Corporation. In 1990 Mr. Blech founded D. Blech & Company, which, until it ceased doing business in September 1994, was a registered broker-dealer involved in underwriting biotechnology issues. In May 1998, David Blech pled guilty to two counts of criminal securities fraud, and, in September 1999, he was sentenced by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to five years’ probation, which was completed in September 2004. Mr. Blech also settled administrative charges by the Commission in December 2000 arising out of the collapse in 1994 of D. Blech & Co., of which Mr. Blech was President and sole stockholder. The settlement prohibits Mr. Blech from engaging in future violations of the federal securities laws and from association with any broker-dealer. In addition, the District Business Conduct Committee for District No.10 of NASD Regulation, Inc. reached a decision, dated December 3, 1996, in a matter styled District Business Conduct Committee for District No. 10 v. David Blech, regarding the alleged failure of Mr. Blech to respond to requests by the staff of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) for documents and information in connection with seven customer complaints against various registered representatives of D. Blech & Co. The decision found that Mr. Blech failed to respond to such requests in violation of NASD rules and that Mr. Blech should, therefore, be censured, fined $20,000 and barred from associating with any member firm in any capacity. Furthermore, Mr. Blech was discharged in bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in March 2000.
3
Includes 58,472 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options.
4
Includes 1,700,000 shares of Common Stock held directly by Ms. Germain and 300,000 shares of Common Stock held by her minor children.
5
Includes 390,366 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, 11,341,713 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, 3,378,232 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants, and 661,293 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants and options.
6
Includes 8,013,370 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options.
7
These shares are issuable upon exercise of stock options.
 
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8
Includes 1,770,833 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options.
9
Includes 1,345,833 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options.
10
Includes 2,438 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, 279,005 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock and 357,840 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants and stock options. Does not include shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Mr. Rubin’s spouse, as to which he disclaims beneficial ownership.
11
Includes 272,395 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options.
12
Includes 283,536 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, and 84,448 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock which are issuable upon exercise of warrants.
13
These shares are issuable upon exercise of stock options.
14
Includes an aggregate of 12,787,198 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options and warrants and conversion of Series A Preferred Stock and conversion of Series B Preferred Stock and exercise and conversion of Series B Preferred Stock warrants. 

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
 
The following table summarizes outstanding options as of December 31, 2007, after giving effect to the merger.  The Registrant had no options outstanding prior to the merger, and all of the options below were issued in connection with the merger to former option holders of MedaSorb.

 
 
Number of securities to be
issued upon exercise of
outstanding options
 
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options
 
Number of securities remaining
available for future issuance under
equity compensation plans
(excluding securities reflected in
first column)   
 
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders
   
0
   
n/a
   
400,000
(1)
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders
   
2,098,502
 
$
9.41
   
1,772,099
(2)
Total
   
2,098,502
(3) 
$
9.41
(3) 
 
2,172,099
 
 
 
(1)
Represents options that may be issued under our 2003 Stock Option Plan.
 
 
(2)
Represents options that may be issued under our 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
 
 
(3)
Represents options to purchase (i) 133,737 shares of Common Stock at a price of $41.47 per share, (ii) 247,121 shares of Common Stock at a price of $31.52 per share, (iii) 56,279 shares of Common Stock at a price of $21.57 per share, (iv) 34,028 shares of Common Stock at a price of $19.91 per share, (v) 443,507 shares of Common Stock at a price of $6.64 per share, (vi) 452 shares of Common Stock at a price of $3.32 per share, (vii) 306,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $1.65 per share, (viii) 166,756 shares of Common Stock at a price of $1.25 per share, (ix) 400,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $1.26 per share, (x) 173,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $1.90, and (xi) 137,622 shares of Common Stock at a price of $0.22.
 
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
 
We file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any reports, statements or other information we file at the SEC’s public reference rooms in Washington D.C., New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. Our filings are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval services and at the web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
 
We have filed a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act with the SEC covering the Common Stock to be offered by the selling stockholders. As permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, this document does not contain all information set forth in the registration statement and exhibits thereto, all of which are available for inspection as set forth above. For further information, please refer to the registration statement, including the exhibits thereto. Statements contained in this document relating to the contents of any contract or other document referred to herein are not necessarily complete, and reference is made to the copy of that contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or other document, and each statement of this type is qualified in all respects by that reference.
 
No person is authorized to give any information or make any representation not contained in this document. You should not rely on any information provided to you that is not contained in this document. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase the securities described herein in any jurisdiction in which, or to any person to whom, it is unlawful to make the offer or solicitation. Neither the delivery of this document nor any distribution of shares of Common Stock made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has not been any change in our affairs as of any time subsequent to the date hereof. 
 
PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The estimated expenses of this offering in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered, all of which are to be paid by the Registrant, are as follows:
 
Registration Fee
 
$
5,500
 
Legal Fees and Expenses
   
10,000
 
Accounting Fees and Expenses
   
20,000
 
Printing
   
1,000
 
Miscellaneous Expenses
   
2,000
 
Total
 
$
38,500
 
 
Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
 
Our directors and officers are indemnified as provided by the Nevada Revised Statutes and our bylaws. We have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities is asserted by one of our directors, officers, or controlling persons in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our legal counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit the question of whether such indemnification is against public policy to a court of appropriate jurisdiction. We will then be governed by the court's decision.
 
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Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

On June 25, 2008, we sold (i) 44,531.47 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock, at a price of $100 per share and (ii) a security (the “Additional Security”) to purchase additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock within 15 months following the Initial Closing at $100 per share, to a group of ten accredited investors led by NJTC Venture Fund SBIC, L.P. (“NJTC”). On August 25, 2008, we sold 8,400 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock, at a price of $100 per share to a group of seven accredited investors. The 52,931.47 shares of Series B Preferred Stock are initially convertible into 146,219,530 shares our common stock, par value $.001 per share (“Common Stock”). In addition, in connection with the private placement, $175,000 in principal amount of indebtedness plus accrued interest was converted into 1,781.47 additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock. These securities were issued in a private offering exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D (Rule 506) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). 

Item 16. Exhibits.
 
The following exhibits are filed with this document:

Exhibit
No.
 
Description
3.1
 
Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (1)
4.1
 
Form of Subscription Agreement, dated June 25, 2008, by and among MedaSorb Technologies Corporation and the purchasers party thereto. (2)
4.2
 
Certificate of Designations of Series B 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, $.001 Par Value Per Share (2)
4.3
 
Amendment to Certificate of Designations of Series A 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, $.001 Par Value Per Share (2)
4.4
 
Agreement and Consent, dated as of June 25, 2008 among MedaSorb Technologies Corporation and the holders of Series A 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock party thereto (2)
5.1
 
Legal Opinion of Anslow & Jaclin, LLP filed herewith.
10.1
 
Employment Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2008, between Al Kraus and MedaSorb Technologies Corporation (2)
10.2
 
Employment Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2008, between Vincent Capponi and MedaSorb Technologies Corporation (2)
10.3
 
Employment Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2008, between David Lamadrid and MedaSorb Technologies Corporation (2)
23.1
 
Consent of WithumSmith + Brown, A Professional Corporation
23.2
 
Consent of Anslow & Jaclin, LLP refer to exhibit 5.1

 
(1)
Referred to and Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed on March 29, 2004.
 
(2)
Referred to and Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-k filed on July 1, 2008.
 
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Item 17. Undertakings.
 
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
 
(1) To file, during any period in which it offers or sells securities, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to:
 
(i) Include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
 
(ii) Reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of the securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
 
(iii)  Include any additional or changed material information on the plan of distribution;
 
(2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the bona fide offering thereof.
 
(3) To file a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering.

Insofar as indemnification arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
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SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-1 and authorized this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned in Monmouth Junction, State of New Jersey, on December 11, 2008.
 
 
MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION
(Registrant)
   
 
By:  
/s/ Al Kraus
 
Al Kraus
Chief Executive Officer
 
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
 
Signature
 
Title
 
 Date
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Al Kraus
 
Chief Executive Officer (Principal
 
December 11, 2008
Al Kraus
 
Executive Officer) and Director
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 /s/ David Lamadrid
 
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
 
December 11, 2008
David Lamadrid
 
Accounting and Financial Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 /s/ William R. Miller
 
Chairman of the Board
 
December 11, 2008
William R. Miller
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Joseph Rubin, Esq.
 
Director
 
December 11, 2008
Joseph Rubin, Esq.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Edward Jones
 
Director
 
December 11, 2008
Edward Jones, MD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ James Gunton
 
Director
 
December 11, 2008
James Gunton
 
 
 
 
         
/s/ Phillip Chan
 
Director
 
December 11, 2008
Phillip Chan, MD
 
 
 
 
 
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