EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Feb. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Miromatrix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: MIRO), a life sciences company pioneering a novel technology for bioengineering fully transplantable organs to help save and improve patients’ lives, announced that the Company will ring the closing bell at Nasdaq on Monday, February 14, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. ET to celebrate National Donor Day and the Company’s public listing last year on Nasdaq under the trading symbol MIRO.
Miromatrix CEO, Jeff Ross, Ph.D., will ring the closing bell alongside the Company’s team and representatives from strategic investors, including Baxter (NYSE: BAX), CareDx (NASDAQ: CDNA), and DaVita (NYSE: DVA).
“We are thrilled to celebrate such an important milestone for Miromatrix with our team, collaborators, and investors,” said Jeff Ross, Ph.D., Miromatrix CEO. “We remain steadfast in our mission of bioengineering fully transplantable human organs. Thanks to the dedication and hard work of the Miromatrix team, we have accomplished a great deal this past year, including our recent pre-IND request to the FDA for our External Liver Assist Product for the treatment of acute liver failure. We will continue to drive our objectives forward as we strive towards eliminating the organ transplant waitlist. It’s especially appropriate on National Donor Day as we honor all those who have given and received the gift of life through the national donor program.”
The ceremony will begin at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET on Monday, February 14, 2022, and can be viewed live here. A replay of the ceremony will be available at a later date on the Events & Presentations page of the Investors section of Miromatrix’s website.
About Miromatrix
Miromatrix Medical Inc. is a life sciences company pioneering a novel technology for bioengineering fully transplantable human organs to help save and improve patients’ lives. The Company has developed a proprietary perfusion technology platform for bioengineering organs that it believes will efficiently scale to address the shortage of available human organs. The Company’s initial development focus is on human livers and kidneys. For more information, visit miromatrix.com.
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Investor Contact
Greg Chodaczek
332-895-3230
ir@miromatrix.com
Media Contact:
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