NASDAQ : CERS

Cerus Corporation — Company profile

Healthcare · Medical Devices · United States

Last price 2.28 USD (Oct 30, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT) · Market cap 459.48M

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Company profile

Cerus Corporation operates as a biomedical products company. The company focuses on developing and commercializing the INTERCEPT Blood System to enhance blood safety. The company offers INTERCEPT Blood System, a proprietary technology for controlling biological replication that is designed to reduce blood-borne pathogens in donated blood components intended for transfusion. The company also offers INTERCEPT Blood Systems for platelets plasma, and cryoprecipitation, which is designed to inactivate blood-borne pathogens in platelets and plasma donated for transfusion; INTERCEPT Blood System for red blood cells to inactivate blood-borne pathogens in red blood cells intended for transfusion; INTERCEPT Blood System for Cryoprecipitation that uses its plasma system to produce pathogen reduced cryoprecipitated fibrinogen complex for the treatment and control of bleeding, including massive hemorrhage associated with fibrinogen deficiency, as well as pathogen reduced plasma and cryoprecipitate reduced; and INTERCEPT Illuminator, an LED-based device for blood component treatment. It sells platelet and plasma systems through its direct sales force and distributors in the United States, Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Middle East, Latin America, and internationally. The company was formerly known as CERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC and changed its name to Cerus Corporation in July 1996. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Concord, California.

Details

NameCerus Corporation
SectorHealthcare
IndustryMedical Devices
Employees275
Founded1991
Ipo Date1997-01-30
CeoVivek Jayaraman
CountryUnited States
ExchangeNASDAQ
Fiscal YearJanuary - December
Reporting CurrencyUSD
IsinUS1570851014
Cusip157085101
Cik0001020214
Sic3841
Stock TypeCommon Stock

Key executives

NameTitle
Vivek K. JayaramanChief Executive Officer, President and Director
William M. GreenmanExecutive Chairman of the Board
Kevin D. Green CPAVice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Chrystal N. Jensen J.D.Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
Dr. Richard J. Benjamin MBChB, Ph.D.Chief Medical Officer
Timothy J. LeeHead of Investor Relation
Lainie CortenVice President of Global Marketing
Dr. Nina Mufti Ph.D.Senior Vice President of Research and Development
Christian BoutemyVice President and MD of Cerus International

Contact

Address1220 Concord Avenue, Suite 600, Concord, California 94520, United States
Phone925 288 6000
Websitehttps://www.cerus.com