As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2007
Registration No. 333-138247


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 

 
Amendment No. 4 to
FORM SB-2/A
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:
Alison Newman, Esq.
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
(212) 479-6000
 

 
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
 

 
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o ______________

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨ ______________

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨ ______________

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box ¨. 
 

 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
 Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
 
Amount to be Registered(1)
 
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2)
 
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price(2)
 
Amount of
Registration Fee(3)
 
Common Stock
   
9,312,273 shares
 
$
1.28
 
$
11,919,709.44
 
$
1,275.41
 
 
(1) 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 October 25, 2006, two days prior to the initial filing of this registration statement, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board.
 
(3) Previously paid upon the initial filing of this registration statement on October 27, 2006.
 
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 APRIL 26, 2007

MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

9,312,273 Shares of Common Stock

This prospectus relates to the sale of up to 9,312,273 shares of our Common Stock by some of our stockholders. The shares offered by this prospectus include:

·     5,109,531 shares issuable to the selling stockholders upon the conversion of currently outstanding shares of our Series A Preferred Stock;

·     1,762,788 shares issuable to the selling stockholders upon the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that may be issued to the selling stockholders as dividends; and

·     2,439,954 shares issuable to the selling stockholders upon the exercise of warrants.
 
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. We may, however, receive proceeds upon the exercise of the warrants registered for sale hereunder in the event that such warrants are exercised. All costs associated with this registration will be borne by us.
 
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 April 25, 2007, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock was $0.95 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 April 26, 2007.


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
1
THE OFFERING
 
3
RISK FACTORS
 
4
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
12
USE OF PROCEEDS
 
12
MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
 
12
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
 
13
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION
 
13
BUSINESS
 
16
MANAGEMENT
 
33
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
 
39
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
 
41
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
 
43
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
47
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
 
48
TRANSFER AGENT
 
50
COMMISSION POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES
 
50
LEGAL MATTERS
 
51
EXPERTS
 
51
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
 
51
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
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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 51.
 
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 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. If we obtain FDA approval, we anticipate commencing clinical studies for CytoSorb™ by the third quarter of 2007. If these studies are successful and we obtain FDA approval to proceed with our follow-up pivotal study, we anticipate that we will be able to begin sales of CytoSorb™ by mid-to-late 2009, at the earliest, assuming a successful pivotal study. However, there can be no assurance we will ever obtain FDA approval for CytoSorb™ or any other device.
 
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.
 
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 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.
 
The CytoSorb™ device consists of a cylinder containing the 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 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 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 (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 in situations such as patient overdoses.
 
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 FDA approval to sell CytoSorb™. Even if we ultimately obtain FDA approval, because we can not control the timing of FDA responses to our submissions, there can be no assurance as to when such approval will be obtained.
 
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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 absorbent 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 extra-corporeal 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 FDA approval.
 
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 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.
 
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.

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THE OFFERING
 
Securities Offered by Selling Stockholders
 
9,312,273 shares of Common Stock, including 5,109,531 shares issuable upon conversion of currently outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock; 1,762,788 shares issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that may be issued as dividends; and 2,439,954 shares issuable to the selling stockholders upon the exercise of warrants.
 
Offering Price
 
Determined at the time of sale by the selling stockholders.
     
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, if any, for general corporate purposes.
     
Shares of Common Stock outstanding before the offering
 
24,628,274 shares.
     
Risk Factors
 
An investment in MedaSorb involves significant risks and uncertainties. See “Risk Factors,” beginning on page 4.

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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. We will also need to raise significant additional funds to complete clinical studies and obtain regulatory approvals before we can begin selling our products. 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.
 
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 December 31, 2006, we had an accumulated deficit of $67,426,583 which included losses from operations of $7,671,580 for the year ended December 31, 2006 and $3,665,596 for the year ended December 31, 2005. 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 those 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 a 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 may have difficulty raising needed capital in the future because of our limited operating history and business risks associated with us.
 
We generate no revenues from our proposed products or otherwise, and have expended and will continue to expend substantial funds in the research, development and clinical and pre-clinical studies of our polymer products. Following the June 30, 2006 merger, we completed a private placement of securities raising gross proceeds of $5.3 million. We anticipate that the net proceeds of the private placement will only be sufficient to fund our operations through the fourth quarter of 2007, following which we will need additional financing before we can complete the clinical studies and commercialization of our proposed products. However, there can be no assurance that financing will be available on acceptable terms or at all. Our future capital requirements will depend upon many factors, including, but not limited to, continued progress in our research and development activities, costs and timing of conducting clinical studies and seeking regulatory approvals and patent prosecutions, competing technological and market developments, and our ability to establish collaborative relationships with third parties. If adequate funds are unavailable, we may have to delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate one or more of our research or development programs or product launches or marketing efforts or cease operations.
 
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Our long-term capital requirements are expected to depend on many factors, including:
 
·  
continued progress and cost of our research and development programs;
   
·  
progress with pre-clinical studies and clinical studies;
   
·  
the time and costs involved in obtaining regulatory clearance;
   
·  
costs involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining, defending and enforcing patent claims;
   
·  
costs of developing sales, marketing and distribution channels;
   
·  
market acceptance of our products; and
   
·  
costs for training physicians and other health care personnel.

In addition, in the event that additional funds are obtained through arrangements with collaborative partners or other sources, we may have to relinquish economic and/or proprietary rights to some of our technologies or products under development that we would otherwise seek to develop or commercialize by ourself.
 
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; Dr. James Winchester, our Chief Medical Officer, who is employed by us on a part time basis; David Lamadrid, our Chief Financial Officer; and Vincent Capponi, our Chief Operating Officer. These individuals, other than Mr. Kraus, whose employment agreement terminates in July 2008, do not have long-term employment agreements, and there can be no assurance that they will continue to provide services to us. 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.
 
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;
 
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the establishment and demonstration of the advantages, safety and efficacy of the our polymer technology;
   
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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 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 “Purolite” litigation discussed below which we’ve 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.
 
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.
 
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 not yet commenced the process of seeking FDA approval of our products. The approval process, if permitted to proceed by the FDA, will involve pilot and pivotal clinical studies and is lengthy and costly. The failure to obtain government approvals, including required FDA 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.
 
The manufacturing and marketing of our products will be subject to extensive and rigorous government regulation in the United States, in various states and in foreign countries. In the United States and other countries, the process of obtaining and maintaining required regulatory approvals is lengthy, expensive, and uncertain. There can be no assurance that we will ever obtain the necessary approvals to sell our products. Even if we do ultimately receive FDA approval for any of our products, we will be subject to extensive ongoing regulation.
 
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Our products will be subject to regulation as medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. In the United States, the FDA enforces, where applicable, development, clinical studies, labeling, manufacturing, registration, notification, clearance or approval, marketing, distribution, record keeping, and reporting requirements for medical devices. Different regulatory requirements may apply to our products depending on how they are categorized by the FDA under these laws. Current FDA regulations classify our CytoSorb™ device (the first product we intend to seek FDA approval for) as a Class III device (CFR 876.5870—Sorbent Hemoperfusion System). We intend to submit a 510(k) pre-market notification to the FDA for approval to market this product. There can be no assurance, however, that the FDA will grant clearance to market CytoSorb™ in a timely manner, if at all, or that the FDA will not require the submission of additional clinical data or a pre-market approval application ("PMA"), which is a lengthier process. There can be no assurance that the clinical studies we conduct will demonstrate sufficient safety and efficacy to obtain the required regulatory approvals for marketing, or that we will be able to comply with any additional FDA, state or foreign regulatory requirements. In addition, there can be no assurance that government regulations applicable to our products or the interpretation of those regulations will not change. FDA approvals are also required to commence the pilot and pivotal clinical studies we need to conduct to further study our devices. There can be no assurance that the FDA will allow the clinical studies to commence. We also are and 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.
 
We have conducted limited clinical studies of our BetaSorbdevice and no clinical studies 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 gaining FDA approval and commercializing our products.
 
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.
 
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We do not currently have any product liability insurance or other liability insurance relating to clinical studies or any products. 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.
 
Dr. John Kellum and Dr. David Powner, among others, are critical care advisors and consultants of ours and are associated with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Texas, respectively. Their association with these institutions 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.
 
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:
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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 approximately 75% 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.
 
Our Series A Preferred Stock provides for the payment of penalties, which we are currently obligated to pay.
 
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Immediately following our June 30, 2006 merger, we issued 5,250,000 shares of Series A 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock with an aggregate stated value of $5,250,000. We subsequently issued an additional 2,153,585 shares of Series A Preferred Stock through December 31, 2006 to additional investors as well as in respect of dividends issued on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock we initially issued, and we may issue additional shares of this series of preferred stock in the future as dividends. The Certificate of Designation designating the Series A Preferred Stock provides that upon the following events, among others, the dividend rate with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock increases to 20% per annum, which dividends would then be required to be paid in cash:

·  
the occurrence of “Non-Registration Events” including, the failure to cause a registration statement registering the shares of Common Stock underlying the Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants issued in connection therewith to be effective by February 25, 2007 (240 days following the closing of the private placement);

·  
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.

Because the registration statement in which this prospectus is included was not effective until April __, 2007, the dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to the June 30, 2006 purchasers accrued at the rate of 20% per annum from February 26, 2007 through April __, 2007, and are payable in cash for such period.

In addition, the registration rights provided for in the subscription agreement we entered into with the purchasers in this offering:

·  
require that we 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 by February 25, 2007 (240 days following the closing); and

·  
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 we fail to timely file that registration statement with, or have it declared effective by, the SEC.

Because the registration statement in which this prospectus is included was not effective until April __, 2007, we are obligated to pay the June 30, 2006 purchasers of our Series A Preferred Stock an aggregate of $105,000 per 30-day period from February 26, 2007 through April __, 2007.

The Certificate of Designation, Subscription Agreement and related transaction documents 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, 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.

Anti-Dilution Provisions Of The Series A Preferred Stock And Warrants, As Well As The Terms Of The Employment Agreement With Our Chief Executive Officer, Could Result In Dilution Of Stockholders
 
Both the conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock and the exercise price of the Warrants are subject to “full-ratchet” anti-dilution provisions, so that upon future issuances of our Common Stock or equivalents thereof, subject to specified customary exceptions, at a price below the conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock and/or exercise price of the Warrants, such conversion price and/or exercise price will be reduced to such lower price, further diluting holders of our Common Stock.
 
In addition, under our Employment Agreement with Al Kraus, our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kraus is entitled to be issued options to purchase Common Stock at a price of $6.64 per share so that the combined total of Common Stock owned by Mr. Kraus, including upon exercise of options, equals 5% of our outstanding Common Stock on a fully diluted basis. Mr. Kraus has such right until such time as an aggregate of $20 million of financing has been received by us following the commencement of his employment. Pursuant to his Employment Agreement, based on the number of currently outstanding shares of Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock, warrants and options, Mr. Kraus is entitled to purchase approximately 413, 920 shares of Common Stock at a price $6.64 per share.  
 
Penny Stock Regulations May Affect Your Ability To Sell Our Common Stock.
 
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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.

Future Sales of Common Stock Could Result in a Decline in Market Price.

Following the completion of the merger, the holders of 3,750,000 shares of Common Stock are able to sell such shares without registering them under the Securities Act. In addition, this registration statement covers the resale of 9,312,273 shares of Common Stock underlying the Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants sold in the offering or issuable in connection therewith. 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 Board of Directors may, without stockholder approval, issue and fix the terms of shares of preferred stock and issue additional shares of common stock adversely affecting the rights of holders of our common stock.
 
Our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares of “blank check” preferred stock, with such designation rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. We have designated 12,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock as described above. Subject to the rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, our Board of Directors is empowered, without stockholder approval, to issue up to 88,000,000 additional shares of preferred stock with dividend, liquidation, conversion, voting or other rights which could adversely affect the rights of the holders of our common stock. In addition, our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock, of which approximately 75,000,000 shares remain available for issuance and may be issued by us without stockholder approval. Issuances of additional shares of common stock and/or preferred stock may be utilized as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control of our company.
 
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. In addition, prior to the merger, our current management team was not subject to these laws and regulations, as MedaSorb was a private corporation. 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.
 
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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.

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.

USE OF PROCEEDS
 
There will be no proceeds to us from the sale of shares of Common Stock in this offering. However, we may receive up to approximately $4,879,908 upon exercise of the outstanding warrants covered by this prospectus (assuming that no warrant holder acquires shares by a “cashless” exercise). We intend to use any proceeds from the exercise of warrants for working capital purposes.

MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
 
Market Information

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
 
 
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The number of holders of record for our Common Stock as of March 30, 2007 was approximately 385. 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. In addition, the terms of our Series A Preferred Stock prohibit the payment of dividends on our Common Stock. Nonetheless, the holders of our Common Stock are entitled to dividends when and if declared by our board of directors from legally available funds.
 
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
 
The following table summarizes outstanding options as of December 31, 2006, 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 
   
1,185,001
 
$
15.66
   
2,205,599 (2
)
Total
   
1,185,001(3
)
$
15.66(3
)
 
2,605,599
 
 
(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) 133,858 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) 103,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $1.65 per share, and (viii) 166,756 shares of Common Stock at a price of $1.25 per share.
 
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION

Reverse Merger

On June 30, 2006, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among us (formerly known as Gilder Enterprises, Inc.), MedaSorb Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MedaSorb Delaware”) and MedaSorb Acquisition Inc., a newly formed wholly-owned Delaware subsidiary of ours, MedaSorb Delaware merged with MedaSorb Acquisition Inc. (now known as MedaSorb Technologies, Inc.), and the stockholders of MedaSorb Delaware became our stockholders. MedaSorb Technologies, Inc. is now a wholly owned subsidiary of ours, and its business (the business conducted by MedaSorb Delaware prior to the merger) is now our only business.
 
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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.

Convertible Notes Payable

In accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 98-5, Accounting for Convertible Securities with a Beneficial Conversion Features or Contingently Adjustable Conversion Ratios, the Company evaluates its convertible notes payable to determine if an imbedded beneficial conversion feature (BCF) exists. If a BCF is determined to exist, the Company allocates a portion of the proceeds equal to the intrinsic value of that feature to additional paid-in capital. The debt discount attributed to the beneficial conversion feature is amortized over the convertible debenture's maturity period as interest expense using the effective yield method.

In accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 00-27, Application of Issue No. 98-5 to Certain Convertible Instruments, the Company recognizes the value attributable to warrants to additional paid-in capital and a discount against the convertible debentures. The Company values the warrants in accordance with EITF 00-27 using the Black-Scholes pricing model. The debt discount attributed to the value of the warrants issued is amortized over the convertible debenture’s maturity period as interest expense using the effective yield method.

Research and Development

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

Stock-Based Compensation

 
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 123R, “Share-Based Payment”. This statement requires that the cost resulting from all share-based payment transactions be recognized in the financial statements. This statement establishes fair value as the measurement objective in accounting for share-based payment arrangements and requires all entities to apply a fair-value based measurement method in accounting for share-based payment transactions with employees except for equity instruments held by employee share ownership plans.
 
Prior to the January 1, 2006 adoption of SFAS 123R, the Company accounted for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic value method prescribed in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and related interpretations. Accordingly, no compensation expense had been recognized for stock options since all options granted had an exercise price equal to the market price on the date of grant. As permitted by SFAS 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” stock-based compensation was included as a pro forma disclosure in the notes to the consolidated financial statements.
 
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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 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.
 
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 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 situations such as patient overdoses.
 
In December 2006, we submitted to the FDA a proposed pilot study utilizing the CytoSorb™ device in humans for the treatment of sepsis. If the proposed pilot study is approved by the FDA, we anticipate commencing clinical studies by the third quarter of 2007. If these studies are successful and we obtain FDA approval to proceed with our follow-up pivotal study, we anticipate that we will be able to begin sales of CytoSorb™ by mid-to-late 2009. There can be no assurance that the FDA will allow us to conduct the pivotal study following receipt of data from the pilot study. 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. No assurance can be given that our proposed CytoSorb™ product will work as intended or that we will be able to obtain FDA approval to sell CytoSorb™. Even if we ultimately obtain FDA approval, because we can not control the timing of FDA responses to our submissions, there can be no assurance as to when such approval will be obtained.
 
Our research and development costs were $1,112,804 and $1,526,743 for the year ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. We have experienced substantial operating losses since inception. As of December 31, 2006, we had an accumulated deficit of $67,426,583 which included losses from operations of $7,671,580 and $3,665,596 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 respectively. 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 $2,051,932 and $2,162,703 respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 respectively. Legal, financial, and other professional consulting costs were $912,379 and $948,209 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
In addition, our loss for the year ended December 31, 2006 includes interest expense of $4,738,877 primarily consisting of the following, net of interest and dividend income of $106,392:
 
·  
debt discount charges of $3,351,961 as a result of the issuance of 3,058,141 shares of common stock to the holders of MedaSorb Delaware convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $6,549,900 to induce those holders to convert those notes into common stock prior to the merger,
 
·  
$423,309 of interest expense with respect to those convertible notes,
 
·  
$1,000,000 of debt discount charges as a result of the issuance to Margie Chassman of 10,000,000 shares of common stock in connection with the funding of a $1,000,000 bridge loan to MedaSorb Delaware prior to the merger, and
 
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·  
$50,000 of interest expense with respect to the $1,000,000 bridge loan from Ms. Chassman.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Since inception, the operations of MedaSorb Delaware have been financed through the private placement of its debt and equity securities. At December 31, 2005 (prior to the reverse merger), MedaSorb Delaware had cash of $707,256, an amount sufficient to fund its operations for approximately four months. Due to its losses and available cash at that time, MedaSorb Delaware’s audited consolidated financial statements for its year ended December 31, 2005 (which are now our financial statements) have been prepared assuming MedaSorb Delaware will continue as a going concern, and the auditors’ report on those financial statements expresses substantial doubt about the ability of MedaSorb Delaware to continue as a going concern.
 
As of December 31, 2006 we had cash on hand of $2,873,138, and current liabilities of $1,082,044.   We believe that we have sufficient cash to fund our operations through the fourth quarter of 2007, following which we will need additional financing before we can complete clinical studies and the commercialization of our proposed products. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in our capital raising efforts.
 
In October 2005, MedaSorb Delaware entered into an Investment Agreement with Margie Chassman pursuant to which she advanced us $1,000,000. 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 and warrants to purchase 400,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $2.00 per share.
 
BUSINESS
 
Overview
 
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 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. If we obtain FDA approval, we anticipate commencing clinical studies for CytoSorb™ by the third quarter of 2007. If these studies are successful and we obtain FDA approval to proceed with our follow-up pivotal study, we anticipate that we will be able to begin sales of CytoSorb™ by mid-to-late 2009, at the earliest, assuming a successful pivotal study. However, there can be no assurance we will ever obtain FDA approval for CytoSorb™ or any other device.
 
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 the 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 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 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 (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 devices.
 
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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 situations such as patient overdoses.
 
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 FDA approval to sell CytoSorb™. Even if we ultimately obtain FDA approval, because we can not control the timing of FDA responses to our submissions, there can be no assurance as to when such approval 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 absorbent 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 extra-corporeal 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 FDA approval.
 
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 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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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 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.
 
We have agreed to file a registration statement (of which this prospectus is a part) 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 in which this prospectus is included was not declared effective within the time required under our agreements with the June 30, 2006 purchasers of the Series A Preferred Stock, 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 April __, 2007 and are payable in cash for such period, and we are obligated t o pay those purchasers an aggregate of $105,000 per 30-day period from February 26, 2007 through April __, 2007.
 
Both the conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock and the exercise price of the warrants are subject to “full-ratchet” anti-dilution provisions, so that upon future issuances of our Common Stock or equivalents thereof, subject to specified customary exceptions, at a price below the conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock and/or exercise price of the warrants, the conversion price and/or exercise price will be reduced to the lower price.
 
In connection with the sale of the Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to the four institutional investors, 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.
 
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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
 
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525,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (representing 10% of the Series A Preferred Stock purchased by those investors), and
 
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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.
 
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.
 
Markets
 
Sepsis
 
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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.
 
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. We only recently submitted a proposed pilot study for approval to the FDA with respect to CytoSorb™ , the first device we intend to bring to market. If we obtain FDA approval, we anticipate commencing clinical studies for CytoSorb™ by the third quarter of 2007. If these studies are successful and we obtain FDA approval to proceed with our follow-up pivotal study, we anticipate that we will be able to begin sales of CytoSorb™ by mid-to-late 2009, at the earliest, assuming a successful pivotal study. However, there can be no assurance we will ever obtain FDA approval for CytoSorb™ or any other device.
 
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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. Our plans for the development of CytoSorb™ to treat sepsis patients are summarized in the table below.
 
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Task
 
 
Status/Estimated Time Required
 
Estimated
 Budget Requirements
1. Design pilot study
 
Completed; Submitted for FDA approval in December 2006
 
(nominal)
         
2. Conduct pilot study
 
six to nine months following design of pilot study and approval from FDA to commence the study
 
$1.2 million
         
3. Design pivotal study
 
Concurrent with item 2
 
(nominal)
         
4. Conduct pivotal study
 
nine to 12 months following completion of a successful pilot study, submission of final report of pilot study to FDA and FDA approval of pivotal study design
 
$1.8 million
         
5. Approval time following submission
 
six to nine months
   
         
Total
 
Mid to late 2009
 
$3.0 million
 
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 FDA approval, because we can not control the timing of FDA responses to our submissions, there can be no assurance as to when such approval will be obtained.
 
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 are currently being 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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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, during the first year of the study, which concluded in August 2006, we received $104,921 for our efforts in support of the grant. Although we have not yet formally entered into an additional SubAward Agreement, 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 $142,000, $110,000, $133,000 and $163,000, respectively, for years two, three, 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 $150 per hour, except with respect to one of our advisors, who we compensate 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.
 
With Purolite
 
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. In particular, the Settlement Agreement relates to twelve of our issued patents and five pending patent applications covering our biocompatible polymeric resins, our methods of producing these polymers, and the methods of using the polymers to remove impurities from physiological fluids, such as blood.
 
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Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, we have agreed to pay Purolite royalties of 2.5% to 5% on the sale of those of our products, if and when those products are sold commercially, that are used in direct contact with blood. However, if the first product we offer for commercial sale is a biocompatible polymer to be used in direct contact with a physiological fluid other than blood, royalties will be payable with respect to that product as well. The royalty payments provided for under the Settlement Agreement would apply to our currently envisioned CytoSorb™ and BetaSorb™ products.
 
Following the expiration of the eighteen year term of the Settlement Agreement, the patents and patent applications that are the subject of the Settlement Agreement should have expired under current patent laws, and the technology claimed in them will be available to the public. However, following such time, we continue to exclusively own any confidential and proprietary know how.
 
Product Payment & Reimbursement 
 
Critical Care Applications
 
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 the U.S., over 80% of chronic dialysis patients are Medicare-eligible, regardless of age. Therefore, it is expected that 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 will 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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
We have not conducted any 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.
 
We only recently submitted a proposed pilot study for approval to the FDA with respect to CytoSorb™ , the first device we intend to bring to market. If we obtain FDA approval, we anticipate commencing clinical studies for CytoSorb™ by the third quarter of 2007. If these studies are successful and we obtain FDA approval to proceed with our follow-up pivotal study, we anticipate that we will be able to begin sales of CytoSorb™ by mid-to-late 2009, at the earliest, assuming a successful pivotal study. However, there can be no assurance we will ever obtain FDA approval for CytoSorb™ or any other device.
 
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.
 
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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, during the first year of the study, which concluded in August 2006, we received $104,921 for our efforts in support of the grant. Although we have not yet formally entered into an additional SubAward Agreement, 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 $142,000, $110,000, $133,000 and $163,000, respectively, for years two, three, 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
 
The medical devices that we manufacture are subject to regulation by numerous regulatory bodies, including the FDA and comparable international regulatory agencies. These agencies require manufacturers of medical devices to comply with applicable laws and regulations governing the development, testing, manufacturing, labeling, marketing and distribution of medical devices. Devices are generally subject to varying levels of regulatory control, the most comprehensive of which requires that a clinical evaluation program be conducted before a device receives approval for commercial distribution.
 
In the U.S., permission to distribute a new device generally can be met in one of two ways. The first process requires that a pre-market notification (510(k) Submission) be made to the FDA to demonstrate that the device is as safe and effective as, or substantially equivalent to, a legally marketed device that is not subject to pre-market approval (PMA). A legally marketed device is a device that (i) was legally marketed prior to May 28, 1976, (ii) has been reclassified from Class III to Class II or I, or (iii) has been found to be substantially equivalent to another legally marketed device following a 510(k) Submission. The legally marketed device to which equivalence is drawn is known as the “predicate” device. Applicants must submit descriptive data and, when necessary, performance data to establish that the device is substantially equivalent to a predicate device. In some instances, data from human clinical studies must also be submitted in support of a 510(k) Submission. If so, these data must be collected in a manner that conforms with specific requirements in accordance with federal regulations. The FDA must issue an order finding substantial equivalence before commercial distribution can occur. Changes to existing devices covered by a 510(k) Submission which do not significantly affect safety or effectiveness can generally be made by us without additional 510(k) Submissions.
 
The second process requires that an application for PMA be made to the FDA to demonstrate that the device is safe and effective for its intended use as manufactured. This approval process applies to certain Class III devices. In this case, two steps of FDA approval are generally required before marketing in the U.S. can begin. First, investigational device exemption (IDE) regulations must be complied with in connection with any human clinical investigation of the device in the U.S. Second, the FDA must review the PMA application which contains, among other things, clinical information acquired under the IDE. The FDA will approve the PMA application if it finds that there is a reasonable assurance that the device is safe and effective for its intended purpose.
 
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. Distributors 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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
Provided we have sufficient additional funding and FDA approval to proceed, we expect to begin the treatment phase of a pilot clinical study on the safety and efficacy of our products in the treatment of sepsis in the third or fourth quarter of 2007. The pilot phase is expected to span six to nine months. If we successfully complete the pilot study and obtain approval from the FDA to proceed to the pivotal phase, we estimate that an additional one year period would be required for the pivotal study, to the extent we have sufficient funding, for the purpose of compiling sufficient data to support both the U.S. 510(k) Submission and the application to obtain CE Mark certification in Europe. In the U.S., another six to nine months is anticipated for FDA review and approval of the 510(k) submission. Concurrent with these activities, we plan to pursue CE Mark certification of our products. Upon successful completion of a “quality systems audit” in combination with clinical data and the assembly of a technical file, we anticipate that CytoSorb™ device will receive CE Mark certification, allowing it to be sold in Europe.
 
The FDA can ban certain medical devices, detain or seize adulterated or misbranded medical devices, order repair, replacement or refund of these devices and require notification of health professionals and others with regard to medical devices that present unreasonable risks of substantial harm to the public health. The FDA may also enjoin and restrain certain violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the Safe Medical Devices Act pertaining to medical devices, or initiate action for criminal prosecution of such violations. International sales of medical devices manufactured in the U.S. that are not approved by the FDA for use in the U.S., or are banned or deviate from lawful performance standards, are subject to FDA export requirements. Exported devices are subject to the regulatory requirements of each country to which the device is exported. Some countries do not have medical device regulations, but in most foreign countries medical devices are regulated. Frequently, regulatory approval may first be obtained in a foreign country prior to application in the U.S. to take advantage of differing regulatory requirements.
 
Sales and Marketing
 
We currently estimate, provided that we receive adequate funding to support our planned activities and that our products perform as expected in clinical studies, that we will obtain FDA approval of our CytoSorb™ device in the treatment of sepsis in mid to late 2009, assuming a successful pivotal study. As we approach regulatory approval, we plan to initially build a sales organization of approximately 15 representatives in the U.S. In addition, we plan on pursuing localized distribution agreements in rural areas.
 
We also 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. 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.
 
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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 21 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
Employees and Properties

We currently have eight employees and operate a 6,575 sq. ft. facility near Princeton, New Jersey, housing research laboratories, clinical manufacturing operations and administrative offices, under a lease agreement which expired in February 2007. We expect to enter into a two-year renewal agreement for that lease shortly. 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.

Legal Proceedings
 
We are not currently a party to any pending legal proceedings.

MANAGEMENT

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
 
62
 
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
William R. Miller
 
78
 
Chairman of the Board
James Winchester, MD
 
62
 
Chief Medical Officer
Vincent Capponi
 
48
 
Chief Operating Officer
David Lamadrid
 
36
 
Chief Financial Officer
Edward R. Jones, MD, MBA
 
58
  Director
Joseph Rubin, Esq.
 
68
 
Director
Kurt Katz
 
74
 
Director
 
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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.
 
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 has served as a director of ImClone Systems Incorporated since June 1996 and also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Miller 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, a director of the Opera Orchestra of New York 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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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. 
 
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Kurt Katz, M.Ch.E. Mr. Katz became a director of MedaSorb in 1997. Since retiring from Peabody International Corporation in 1986, Mr. Katz has pursued various business interests. He is currently the Chairman of Polymeric Resources Corporation, a polymer company engaged in the manufacture of nylon and compounding. Mr. Katz served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Peabody, which specializes in energy and environmental products. Mr. Katz served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Peabody from 1981 to 1983, and was a Director from 1977 to 1985. Prior to joining Peabody in 1973, Mr. Katz held a variety of management positions with Westinghouse Electric Corporation, where he served for 18 years and was directly involved in the launching of new products, divisions and subsidiaries. .Mr. Katz has a B.S. and M.S. in chemical engineering, and an MBA.
 
Audit Committee Financial Expert
 
The Board of Directors does not have an Audit Committee, and therefor does not have an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined in Item 401(e) of Regulation S-B.
 
Executive Compensation
 
Summary Compensation Table
 
The following table shows for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, 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
   
2006
   
201,257
   
-0-
   
69,555 (2
)
 
270,812
 
Vincent Capponi,
Chief Operating Officer
   
2006
   
178,441
   
200
   
40,297(3
)
 
218,939
 
David Lamadrid,
Chief Financial Officer
   
2006
   
135,629
   
200
   
-0-
   
135,829
 
Dr. James Winchester
Chief Medical Officer
   
2006
   
120,000
   
-0-
   
40,297(4
)
 
160,297
 
 
(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, 2006.
 
(2)  
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.
 
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(3)  
Reflects options to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.65 per share, which options 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, and will vest and become exercisable as to 16,667 shares on December 31, 2007; and as to 16,666 shares on December 31, 2008.
 
(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, and will vest and become exercisable as to 16,667 shares on December 31, 2007; and as to 16,666 shares on December 31, 2008.
 
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
 
The following table shows for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, certain information regarding outstanding equity awards at fiscal year end for the Named Executive Officers.
 
Outstanding Equity Awards At December 31, 2006
 
   
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
81,826
   
   
6.64 (1
6.64 (1
)
)
 
9/30/16
12/31/16
 
Vincent Capponi
   
16,667
   
33,333
   
1.65 (2
)
 
12/31/16
 
David Lamadrid
   
   
   
   
 
Dr. James Winchester
   
16,667
   
33,333
   
1.65 (3
)
 
12/31/16
 
 
(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) 16,667 shares on December 31, 2006; (ii) 16,667 shares on December 31, 2007; and (iii) 16,666 shares on December 31, 2008.
 
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Director Compensation
 
The following table shows for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 certain information with respect to the compensation of all non-employee directors of the Company.
 
Director Compensation for Fiscal 2006
 
 
 
Name
 
Fees Earned or
Paid in
Cash
($)
 
Option
Awards
($) (1)
 
Total
($)
 
Joseph Rubin (2)
   
-0-
   
9,732
 
 
9,732
 
Kurt Katz (3)
   
-0-
   
9,732
 
 
9,732
 
 
(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)
At December 31, 2006, Mr. Rubin held options to purchase 61,715 shares of our Common Stock.
 
(3)
At December 31, 2006, we had issued on behalf of Mr. Katz options to purchase 56,817 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.
 
Our directors did not receive any cash compensation for their service on the Board of Directors during 2006. On June 15, 2006, in anticipation of our June 30, 2006 merger and private placement, each non-employee director of MedaSorb Delaware was granted an option to purchase that number of shares of MedaSorb Delaware common stock equal to the number of shares of common stock then subject to director options held by such person that had exercise prices ranging from $6.64 to $21.57. The options issued on June 15, 2006 have an exercise price of $1.25 per share, which is the conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock issued in the June 30, 2006 private placement. The non-employee directors of MedaSorb Delaware at the time of that grant included our current non-employee directors Joseph Rubin and Kurt Katz, who were each issued options to purchase 15,069 shares of common stock; Brian Murray and Jean Futrell, who were each issued options to purchase 15,069 shares of common stock, and Bruce Davis, who was issued an option to purchase 2,260 shares of common stock. All of these options became options to purchase the same number of shares of our Common Stock at the same exercise price following the merger. In addition, on August 1, 2006, we granted options to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.25 per share to each of our non-employee directors, Joseph Rubin and Kurt Katz, following the determination of our Board that such grant fairly reflected the services provided by our non-employee directors during 2006.
 
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 Board meetings held during 2007, so that, for example, a non-employee director attending all of our meetings would be entitled to receive an option to purchase 10,000 shares of our Common Stock, and a non-employee director attending 80% of our meetings would be entitled to receive an option to purchase 8,000 shares of our Common Stock. 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 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). We have also agreed to issue to Mr. Miller in 2008, to the extent he continues to serve as our Chairman, an additional option to purchase 100,000 shares of Common Stock. Such options would be exercisable at the closing price of our Common Stock on the date of grant.
 
Employment Agreements with Named Executive Officers
 
Agreement with Chief Executive Officer
 
MedaSorb Delaware entered into an Employment Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2003, with Al Kraus, our Chief Executive Officer. The Employment Agreement provides for an initial five-year term of employment as our Chief Executive Officer. Under the terms of the Employment Agreement, Mr. Kraus received an annual base salary of $200,000 through December 31, 2006. Effective January 1, 2007, Mr. Kraus’s annual base salary was increased to $216,351. Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Kraus was also granted an option to purchase 5% of the outstanding equity interests of MedaSorb Delaware (which was then a limited liability company) on a fully-diluted basis, and will be issued additional options so that the combined total of Common Stock owned by Mr. Kraus, including upon exercise of options, equals 5% of our outstanding Common Stock on a fully diluted basis. Mr. Kraus has such right until such time as an aggregate of $20 million of financing has been received by MedaSorb Delaware (including us following the merger) following the commencement of his employment. These options are exercisable at a price of $6.64 per share of Common Stock, and based on the number of currently outstanding shares of Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock, warrants and options, entitle Mr. Kraus to purchase 413,920 shares of Common Stock. In 2005, MedaSorb Delaware’s board approved the issuance to Mr. Kraus of “Management Units” of the limited liability company in lieu of the options he was then entitled to under the Employment Agreement. As a result of the conversion of MedaSorb Delaware to a corporation and the merger, the Management Units issued under the Employment Agreement were exchanged for 1,393,631 shares of Common Stock.
 
In the event that Mr. Kraus’s employment is terminated as a result of his death, his heirs will be entitled to 120-days of salary. In the event Mr. Kraus is terminated for “justifiable cause” we will pay him his accrued and unpaid base salary through the date of termination. If Mr. Kraus’s employment is terminated without cause or in the event of a Change of Control, he will be entitled to one-year’s base salary payable monthly over a period of one year.
 
Mr. Kraus is prohibited under the Employment Agreement from disclosing any of our confidential information (as defined in the agreement) during the term of his employment and any time thereafter and, following the termination of the agreement with us, from competing with us and directly or indirectly soliciting any of our customers or suppliers for a period of one year, and from soliciting our employees for a period of three years.
 
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On February 8, 2007, Mr. Kraus was granted an immediately exercisable option to purchase 400,000 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.26 (the closing price of our Common Stock on the date of grant).
 
Agreement with Chief Operating Officer
 
MedaSorb Delaware entered into an Employment Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2005, with Vincent Capponi, our Chief Operating Officer. The Employment Agreement provides for an initial term of one-year, with automatic annual renewal unless either party provides notice to the other within 120 days prior to the end of the year of its intention not to renew. Under the terms of the Employment Agreement, Mr. Capponi received an annual base salary of $181,886 through December 31, 2006. Effective January 1, 2007, Mr. Capponi’s annual base salary was increased to $195,527. Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Capponi was also granted Management Units equal to 1.5% of the outstanding equity interests of MedaSorb Delaware (which was then a limited liability company) on a fully-diluted basis, and was entitled to receive additional Management Units so that Mr. Capponi continued to hold Management Units equal to 1.5% of the outstanding equity of MedaSorb Delaware on a fully diluted basis until December 31, 2005. This right has expired. As a result of the conversion of MedaSorb Delaware to a corporation and the merger, these Management Units were exchanged for 418,086 shares of our Common Stock.
 
In the event that Mr. Capponi’s employment is terminated as a result of his death, his heirs will be entitled to 120-days of salary. In the event Mr. Capponi is terminated for “justifiable cause” we will pay him his accrued and unpaid base salary through the date of termination. If Mr. Capponi’s employment is terminated without cause or in the event of Change of Control, he will be entitled to one-year’s base salary payable monthly for a period of one year.
 
Mr. Capponi is prohibited under the Employment Agreement from disclosing any of our confidential information (as defined in the agreement) during the term of his employment and any time thereafter, and following the termination of the agreement with us, from competing with us and directly or indirectly soliciting any of our customers or suppliers for a period of one year, and from soliciting our employees for a period of three years.
 
Agreement with Chief Financial Officer
 
MedaSorb Delaware entered into an Employment Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2005, with David Lamadrid, our Chief Financial Officer. The Employment Agreement provides for an initial term of one-year, with automatic annual renewal unless either party provides notice to the other within 120 days prior to the end of the year of its intention not to renew. Under the terms of the Employment Agreement, Mr. Lamadrid received an annual base salary of $135,629 through December 31, 2006. Effective January 1, 2007, Mr. Lamadrid’s annual base salary was increased to $145,801. Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Lamadrid was also granted Management Units equal to 1.8% of the outstanding equity interests of MedaSorb Delaware (which was then a limited liability company) on a fully-diluted basis, and was entitled to receive additional Management Units so that Mr. Lamadrid continued to hold Management Units equal to 1.8% of the outstanding equity of MedaSorb Delaware on a fully diluted basis until December 31, 2005. This right has expired. As a result of the conversion of MedaSorb Delaware to a corporation and the merger, these Management Units were exchanged for 501,704 shares of our Common Stock.
 
In the event that Mr. Lamadrid’s employment is terminated as a result of his death, his heirs will be entitled to 120-days of salary. In the event Mr. Lamadrid is terminated for “justifiable cause” we will pay him his accrued and unpaid base salary through the date of termination. If Mr. Lamadrid’s employment is terminated without cause or in the event of Change of Control, he will be entitled to one-year’s base salary payable monthly for a period of one year.
 
Mr. Lamadrid is prohibited under the Employment Agreement from disclosing any of our confidential information (as defined in the agreement) during the term of his employment and any time thereafter, and following the termination of the agreement with us, from competing with us and directly or indirectly soliciting any of our customers or suppliers for a period of one year, and from soliciting our employees for a period of three years.
 
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On January 16, 2007, Mr. Lamadrid was granted an option to purchase 150,000 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.90 (the closing price of our Common Stock on the date of grant). The option is currently exercisable as to 50,000 shares, and becomes exercisable as to an additional 50,000 shares on January 16, 2008 and the remaining 50,000 shares on January 16, 2009.
 
Agreement with Chief Medical Officer
 
MedaSorb Delaware entered into an Employment Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2004, with Dr. James Winchester, our Chief Medical Officer. The Employment Agreement provides for an initial term of one-year, with automatic annual renewal unless either party provides notice to the other within 90 days prior to the end of the year of its intention not to renew. Under the terms of the Employment Agreement, Dr. Winchester receives an annual base salary of $120,000. Dr. Winchester’s primary employment is with Beth Israel Medical Center, as the Chief of its Nephrology division. Although the time Mr. 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.
 
Dr. Winchester is prohibited under his Employment Agreement from disclosing any of our confidential information (as defined in the agreement) during the term of his employment and any time thereafter, and following the termination of this agreement with us, from competing with us and directly or indirectly soliciting any of our customers, suppliers or employees for a period of one year.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
Joseph Rubin is a director of ours and performs legal services from time to time. At December 31, 2006, MedaSorb Delaware owed Mr. Rubin’s firm approximately $5,000 in respect of legal services provided by his firm to MedaSorb Delaware.
 
Director Independence 
 
All members of our Board of Directors, other than Joseph Rubin, who performs legal services for us as disclosed above; and AL Kraus, our Chief Executive Officer, 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 April 23, 2007, 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 OWNED1
 
   
Number
 
Percent (%)
 
Beneficial Owners of more than 5% of Common Stock (other than directors and executive officers)
             
Margie Chassman(2)
   
6,638,334
(2)
 
25.1
%
Guillermina Montiel(3)
   
5,052,456
   
20.5
%
Margery Germain(4)
   
2,000,000
   
8.1
%
Robert Shipley (5)
   
1,495,710
   
5.8
%
Directors and Executive Officers
             
Al Kraus(6)
   
2,207,551
   
8.7
%
William R. Miller(7)
   
200,000
   
*
 
David Lamadrid (8)
   
558,734
   
2.3
%
Vince Capponi (9)
   
434,753
   
1.8
%
Joseph Rubin(10)
   
388,284
   
1.6
%
James Winchester(11)
   
69,186
   
*
 
Kurt Katz(12)
   
59,077
   
*
 
Edward Jones     0    
*
 
All directors and executive officers as a group (seven persons)(13)
   
3,917,585
   
15.0
%
 
*  Less than 1%.
 
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1
Gives effect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all options exercisable within 60 days of March 30, 2007 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 24,628,274 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of March 30, 2007.
 
2
Based on information reflected in a Schedule 13G filed by Ms. Chassman with the SEC on November 20, 2006, and includes 630,000 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, 800,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock and 400,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. Ms. Chassman has 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 328,402 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock and 661,293 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants and options.

6
Includes 413,920 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options pursuant to Mr. Kraus’s Employment Agreement described above, and an additional 400,000 shares of Common Stock. issuable upon other currently exercisable stock options.
   
7
These shares are issuable upon exercise of stock options.
 
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8
Includes 50,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options

9
Includes 16,667 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options

10
Includes 2,050 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock and 303,970 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 16,667 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options

12
Includes 56,817 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options, all of which are held by a trust established for the benefit of Mr. Katz's children. Mr. Katz does not exercise voting control over these shares and disclaims beneficial ownership over the shares.

13
Includes an aggregate of 1,460,091 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options and warrants and conversion of Series A Preferred Stock.
 
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
 
Below is a list of the selling stockholders who have the right to acquire the 9,312,273 shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus upon the conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and exercise of warrants to purchase shares of our Common Stock at a price of $2.00 per share. 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. Pursuant to the terms of the warrants and the Certificate of Designation designating the Series A Preferred Stock, the selling stockholders may not convert the Series A Preferred Stock or exercise the warrants if as a result thereof they would own in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock. Both the Certificate of Designation and warrants provide each selling stockholder with the ability to waive this restriction upon 61-days’ prior notice to us, and to increase the 4.99% limitation to up to 9.99%.
 
Of the shares of Common Stock we are registering for the selling stockholders, 8,034,981 shares are being registered on behalf of the four institutional investors (the first four stockholders named in the table below). These investors purchased from us on June 30, 2006 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. On September 30, 2006, we issued as a dividend to these investors 131,250 additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock, convertible into 105,000 shares of Common Stock, and on December 31, 2006, we issued as a dividend to these investors 134,531 additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock, convertible into 107,625 shares of Common Stock. In accordance with the Subscription Agreement we entered into with these investors, we are registering for resale by these investors the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock sold to them and the dividends thereon, and the shares of Common Stock issuable under the warrants we sold to them.
 
We are registering an additional 75,145 shares of Common Stock on behalf of an accredited investor who on September 30, 2006 purchased from us, for an aggregate purchase price of $50,000, and on substantially the same terms as the purchasers in our June 30, 2006 Series A Preferred Stock financing, 50,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock convertible into 40,000 shares of Common Stock and five-year warrants to purchase 20,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $2.00 per share.
 
The remaining 1,202,147 shares of Common Stock we are registering are issuable to selling stockholders who on September 30, 2006 exchanged an aggregate of 240,929 shares of our Common Stock and warrants to purchase an additional 240,929 shares of Common Stock held by them at a price of $4.98 per share, for 799,885 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase 319,954 shares of Common Stock at a price of $2.00 per share. These stockholders had invested an aggregate of $799,885 in MedaSorb Delaware during 2005 upon terms which provided them with anti-dilution price protection with respect to financings completed in the next 12 months. In March 2006, consistent with these anti-dilution terms, and in anticipation of the merger and financing we completed on June 30, 2006, MedaSorb Delaware notified each of these stockholders that they would be permitted to exchange the shares of Common Stock and warrants purchased by them in 2005 for the securities to be sold in the private placement to be completed in the next six months concurrent with a reverse merger, at the same price paid by investors in that private placement. On September 30, 2006, the last reported sales price of the Common Stock was $1.70.
 
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The following table sets forth information concerning the selling stockholders, including the number of shares currently held and the number of shares offered by each selling shareholder. We have no knowledge of the intentions of any selling shareholder to actually sell any of the securities listed under the columns "Shares Offered."
 
   
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)
 
Alpha Capital Aktiengesellschaft 
   
1,530,473(4)
 
 
4.99
%
 
1,530,473(40
 
 
0
   
*
 
Longview Fund, LP
   
4,591,418(5)
 
 
4.99
%
 
4,591,418(5)
 
 
0
   
*
 
Platinum Partners Long Term Growth II, LLC 
   
1,530,473(6)
 
 
4.99
%
 
1,530,473(6)
 
 
0
   
*
 
Ellis International Ltd
   
382,618(7)
 
 
1.5
%
 
382,618(7)
 
 
0
   
*
 
Paul and Susan Ambrose
   
14,314(8)
 
 
*
   
12,023(8)
 
 
2,291
   
*
 
Henry A. Berkowitz Revocable Trust
   
77,636(9)
 
 
*
   
73,642(9)
 
 
3,994
   
*
 
Bongert and Mueller
   
8,721(10)
 
 
*
   
7,515(10)
 
 
1,206
   
*
 
Berkeley Bottjer 1999 Trust
   
24,242(11)
 
 
*
   
18,786(11)
 
 
5,456
   
*
 
David and Constance Clapp
   
86,159(12)
 
 
*
   
15,029(12)
 
 
71,130
   
*
 
Janet W. Devereux
   
28,767(13)
 
 
*
   
22,544(13)
 
 
6,223
   
*
 
Karl Eigsti 1999 Trust
   
24,241(14)
 
 
*
   
18,786(14)
 
 
5,455
   
*
 
Lisa Firenze
   
7,342(15)
 
 
*
   
6,004(15)
 
 
1,338
   
*
 
Edward B. Grier lll
   
87,518(16)
 
 
*
   
75,145(16)
 
 
12,373
   
*
 
Jo-Bar Enterprises, LLC
   
17,440(17)
 
 
*
   
15,029(17)
 
 
2,411
   
*
 
Rajinder Khullar
   
9,773(18)
 
 
*
   
8,266(18)
 
 
1,507
   
*
 
Harry Klaristenfeld
   
22,554(19)
 
 
*
   
18,937(19)
 
 
3,617
   
*
 
Michael Klausmeyer
   
152,519(20)
 
 
*
   
67,631(20)
 
 
84,888
   
*
 
Galba Anstalt
   
101,785(21)
 
 
*
   
75,145(21)
 
 
26,640
   
*
 
Patrick McNamara
   
55,958(22)
 
 
*
   
37,573(22)
 
 
18,385
   
*
 
Howard and Ellen Miller
   
139,089(23)
 
 
*
   
60,116(23)
 
 
78,973
   
*
 
Keith Mithoefer
   
29,734(24)
 
 
*
   
5,260(24)
 
 
24,474
   
*
 
Margaret Mithoefer
   
21,239(25)
 
 
*
   
3,757(25)
 
 
17,482
   
*
 
Peter Mithoefer
   
21,239(26)
 
 
*
   
3,757(26)
 
 
17,482
   
*
 
Newbridge International Pension Plan & Trust FBO John A. Jones
   
9,022(27)
 
 
*
   
7,515(27)
 
 
1,507
   
*
 
Patrick O'Leary
   
2,254(28)
 
 
*
   
2,254(28)
 
 
0
   
*
 
Vivek M Prabhaker
   
9,773(29)
 
 
*
   
8,266(29)
 
 
1,507
   
*
 
Barry D Romeril
   
38,647(30)
 
 
*
   
18,786(30)
 
 
19,861
   
*
 
Asher Rubin
   
3,609(31)
 
 
*
   
2,705(31)
 
 
904
   
*
 
Joseph Rubin (37)
   
388,991(32)
 
 
1.6
%
 
3,757(32)
 
 
385,234
   
1.6
%
Michael Seely
   
35,275(33)
 
 
*
   
7,515(33)
 
 
27,760
   
*
 
Robert Shipley (38)
   
1,609,008(34)
 
 
7.7
%
 
601,896(34)
 
 
1,007,112
   
4.1
%
James Stoner
   
6,016(35)
 
 
*
   
4,509(35)
 
 
1,507
   
*
 
Arnaldo Barros
   
90,145(36)
 
 
*
   
75,145(36)
 
 
15,000
   
*
 
 

* Less than 1%.
 
(1)
Includes shares of Common Stock that the selling stockholder has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of within 60 days.
 
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(2)
Based on 24,628,274 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on March 30, 2007.
 
(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 400,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 840,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 289,973 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Konrad Ackermann, as Director of the selling stockholder, exercises voting and dispositive control over these shares. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series A Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of April 23, 2007 (i) Alpha Capital Aktiengesellschaft is the beneficial owner of 1,240,500 shares of Common Stock, representing 4.8% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 1,530,473 shares being registered on behalf of Alpha Capital Aktiengesellschaft represents 5.9% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
 
(5)
Includes 1,200,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 2,521,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 869,918 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Peter T. Benz, as Chairman of the selling stockholder, exercises voting and dispositive control over these shares. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series A Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of April 23, 2007 (i) Longview Fund is the beneficial owner of 3,721,500 shares of Common Stock, representing 13.2% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 4,591,418 shares being registered on behalf of Longview Fund represents 15.8% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
 
(6)
Includes 400,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 840,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 289,973 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Mark Nordlicht, as General Manager of the selling stockholder, exercises voting and dispositive control over these shares. Absent the restriction on beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of our Common Stock applicable to the Series A Preferred Stock and warrants, and consistent with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of April 23, 2007 (i) Platinum Partners Long Term Growth II is the beneficial owner of 1,240,500 shares of Common Stock, representing 4.8% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the 1,530,473 shares being registered on behalf of Platinum Partners Long Term Growth II represents 5.9% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.
 
(7)
Includes 100,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 210,125 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 72,493 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Wilhelm Ungar, as Director of the selling stockholder, exercises voting and dispositive control over these shares.
 
(8)
Includes 3,200 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 6,560 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 2,263 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(9)
Includes 19,600 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 40,180 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 13,862 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Henry Berkowitz, Trustee, exercises voting and dispositive control over these shares.
 
(10)
Includes 2,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 4,100 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 1,415 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Heinz A. Bongart, Partner, exercises voting and dispositive control over these shares.
 
(11)
Includes 5,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 10,250 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 3,536 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.  Karl Eigsti, Trustee, exercises voting and dispositive control over these shares.
 
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(12)
Includes 4,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 8,200 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 2,829 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(13)
Includes 6,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 12,300 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 4,244 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(14)
Includes 5,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 10,250 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 3,536 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Karl Eigsti, Trustee, exercises voting and dispositive control over these shares.
 
(15)
Includes 1,598 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 3,276 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 1,130 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(16)
Includes 20,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 41,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 14,145 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(17)
Includes 4,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 8,200 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 2,829 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Joel Stone, Managing Member, exercises voting and dispositive control over these shares.
 
(18)
Includes 2,200 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 4,510 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 1,556 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(19)
Includes 5,040 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 10,332 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 3,565 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(20)
Includes 18,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 36,900 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 12,731 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(21)
Includes 20,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 41,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 14,145 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. Thierry de Marignac exercises voting and dispositive control over these shares.
 
(22)
Includes 10,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 20,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 7,073 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(23)
Includes 16,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 32,800 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 11,316 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(24)
Includes 1,400 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 2,870 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 990 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(25)
Includes 1,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 2,050 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 707 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(26)
Includes 1,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 2,050 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 707 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
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(27)
Includes 2,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 4,100 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 1,415 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind. John A. Jones, Trustee, exercises voting and dispositive control over these shares.
 
(28)
Includes 600 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 1,230 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 424 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(29)
Includes 2,200 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 4,510 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 1,556 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(30)
Includes 5,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 10,250 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 3,536 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(31)
Includes 720 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 1,476 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 509 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(32)
Includes 1,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 2,050 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 707 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(33)
Includes 2,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 4,100 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 1,415 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(34)
Includes 160,196 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 328,402 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 113,299 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(35)
Includes 1,200 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 2,460 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 849 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(36)
Includes 20,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 41,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion Series A Preferred Stock, and 14,145 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid in kind.
 
(37)
Joe Rubin a director of ours and from time to time renders legal services to us.
 
(38)
Robert Shipley was a director of MedaSorb Delaware prior to its merger with us on June 30, 2006.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
We are registering the shares of 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.
 
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;
 
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·
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
 
 
·
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.
 
We are required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the registration of the shares and have agreed to indemnify the stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
 
Our total authorized capital stock consists of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.001 per share and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.001 per share. We have designated 12,000,000 shares of our preferred stock as Series A 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock. As of April 23, 2007, there were issued and outstanding 24,628,274 shares of our Common Stock and 7,403,585 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock. 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.

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.
 
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Preferred Stock

Our Articles of Incorporation authorizes 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.

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 (“Series A Preferred Stock”), of which 7,403,585 shares were issued and outstanding as of March 30, 2007. 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 our 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 our Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, issuance of any of our shares or other securities by reclassification of our 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 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 we sell shares of our Common Stock (or the equivalent thereof) following the issuance of shares of Series A Preferred Stock 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.
 
The Series A Preferred Stock bears a dividend of 10% per annum payable quarterly, at our election in cash or additional shares of our Series A Preferred Stock valued at the stated value thereof; provided, however, that we 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” including, the failure to cause a registration statement registering the shares of Common Stock underlying the Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants issued in connection therewith to be effective by February 25, 2007 (240 days following the closing of the private placement);

·  
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.

Because the registration statement in which this prospectus is included was not effective until April __, 2007, the dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to the June 30, 2006 purchasers accrued at the rate of 20% per annum from February 26, 2007 through April __, 2007, and are payable in cash for such period.

In the event of our 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.
 
The Series A Preferred Stock is not redeemable at the option of the holder 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 Common Stock into which such Preferred is convertible and an Event of Default is not then continuing.
 
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Holders of Series A Preferred Stock do not have the right to vote on matters submitted to the holders of our Common Stock.
 
The registration rights provided for in the subscription agreement we entered into with the purchasers of the Series A Preferred Stock:
 
·  
require that we 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 by February 25, 2007 (240 days following the closing of the private placement); and

·  
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 we fail to timely file that registration statement with, or have it declared effective by, the SEC.

Because the registration statement in which this prospectus is included was not effective until April __, 2007, we are obligated to pay the June 30, 2006 purchasers of our Series A Preferred Stock an aggregate of $105,000 per 30-day period from February 26, 2007 through April __, 2007.

The transaction documents we 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, 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.
 
In addition, the purchasers of our securities in our June 30, 2006 private placement have been provided with “full-ratchet” anti-dilution price protection, so that upon future issuances of our Common Stock or equivalents thereof, subject to specified customary exceptions, at a price below the conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock and/or exercise price of the Warrants, such conversion price and/or exercise price will be reduced to such lower price, further diluting holders of our Common 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 up to 88,000,000 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.
 
COMMISSION POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES
 
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.
 
50

 
LEGAL MATTERS
 
The validity of the shares of Common Stock being offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Cane Clark, LLP, Las Vegas, Nevada.

EXPERTS

The audited financial statements of MedaSorb Delaware (formerly MedaSorb Technologies, LLC) for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 included in and made a part of this document have been audited by WithumSmith+Brown, A Professional Corporation, independent auditors, as set forth in their report appearing elsewhere herein, and are included in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
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 SB-2 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.

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
 
Page
Reports of Independent Accounting Firms
 
F-2
     
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2006
   
and December 31, 2005
 
F-4
     
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, and from inception to December 31, 2006
 
F-5
     
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficiency)
   
period from inception to December 31, 2006
 
F-6
     
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, and from inception to December 31, 2006
 
F-8
     
Notes to Financial Statements
 
F-10

F-1

 
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders,
MedaSorb Technologies Corporation:

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of MedaSorb Technologies Corporation (f/k/a Gilder Enterprises, Inc.) (a development stage company), as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the 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, 2006. 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 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 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 Technologies Corporation as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the results of its operations and cash flows for the years then ended and the cumulative period from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2006 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 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 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
March 26, 2007 
 
F-2

 
 
Report of Independent Public Accountants
 

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

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of MedaSorb Technologies 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 Technologies 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
 
F-3


 MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
 
 (a development stage company)
 
           
 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
           
December 31,
 
2006
 
2005
 
   
           
ASSETS
         
           
Current Assets:
         
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
2,873,138
 
$
707,256
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
24,880
   
19,261
 
               
Total current assets
   
2,898,018
   
726,517
 
               
Property and equipment - net
   
303,560
   
553,657
 
               
Other assets
   
243,471
   
181,307
 
               
Total long-term assets
   
547,031
   
734,964
 
               
Total Assets
 
$
3,445,049
 
$
1,461,481
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)
             
               
Current Liabilities:
             
Accounts payable
 
$
942,265
 
$
1,802,788
 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
   
69,779
   
412,646
 
Accrued interest
   
70,000
   
1,056,960
 
Stock subscribed
   
--
   
399,395
 
Convertible notes payable
   
--
   
3,429,899
 
               
Total current liabilities
   
1,082,044
   
7,101,688
 
               
Long-term liabilities:
             
Convertible notes payable
   
--
   
4,120,000
 
               
Total liabilities
   
1,082,044
   
11,221,688
 
               
Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency):
             
               
10% Series A Preferred Stock, Par Value $0.001, 100,000,000 and -0-
             
shares authorized at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively,
             
7,403,585 and -0- shares issued and outstanding, respectively
   
7,403
   
--
 
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001, 100,000,000 and 300,000,000 shares
             
authorized at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, 24,628,274
             
and 4,829,120 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
   
24,629
   
4,829
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
69,757,556
   
49,214,431
 
Deficit accumulated during the development stage
   
(67,426,583
)
 
(58,979,467
)
               
Total stockholders' equity (deficiency)
   
2,363,005
   
(9,760,207
)
               
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency)
 
$
3,445,049
 
$
1,461,481
 
 
The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
 
F-4

 
 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,
 
   
2006
 
2006
 
2005
 
               
Revenue
 
$
--
 
$
--
 
$
--
 
                     
Expenses:
                   
                     
Research and development
   
40,892,771
   
1,112,804
   
1,526,743
 
Legal, financial and other consulting
   
6,259,513
   
912,379
   
948,209
 
General and administrative
   
20,138,109
   
939,128
   
635,960
 
Change in fair value of management and incentive units
   
(6,055,483
)
 
--
   
(14,551
)
                     
Total expenses
   
61,234,910
   
2,964,311
   
3,096,361
 
                     
Other (income) expenses:
                   
Gain on disposal of property and equipment
   
(21,663
)
 
--
   
(21,663
)
Gain on extinguishment of debt
   
(206,608
)
 
(31,608
)
 
(175,000
)
Interest expense, net
   
5,644,408
   
4,738,877
   
765,898
 
                     
Total other (income) expense, net
   
5,416,137
   
4,707,269
   
569,235
 
                     
Net loss
   
(66,651,047
)
 
(7,671,580
)
 
(3,665,596
)
                     
Series A preferred stock dividend
   
775,536
   
775,536
   
--
 
                     
Net loss available to common shareholders
 
$
(67,426,583
)
$
(8,447,116
)
$
(3,665,596
)
                     
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
       
$
(0.56
)
$
(0.77
)
                     
                     
Weighted average number of common stock outstanding
         
14,956,072
   
4,786,956
 

The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
 
F-5

 
 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, 2006
           
                   
 
   
Deficit
 
 
   
 
     
Common Stock
 
Preferred Stock
 
 
 
Accumlated
 
Total
 
   
Members'
 
 
                 
Additional
 
During the
 
Stockholders'
 
   
Equity (Deficiency)
 
Deferred Compensation
 
Shares
 
Par
Value
 
Shares
 
Par
Value
 
Paid-In Capital
 
Development 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
 
                                                         
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 statements.
 
F-6

 
 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, 2006
           
                   
 
   
Deficit
 
 
   
 
     
Common Stock
 
Preferred Stock
 
 
 
Accumlated
 
Total
 
   
Members'
 
 
                 
Additional
 
During the
 
Stockholders'
 
   
Equity(Deficiency)
 
Deferred Compensation
 
Shares
 
Par
Value
 
Shares
 
Par
Value
 
Paid-In Capital
 
Development
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
         
--
 
                                                         
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
 
                                                         
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
 
 
The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
F-7


 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,
 
   
2006
 
2006
 
2005
 
               
Cash flows from operating activities:
             
Net loss
 
$
(66,651,047
)
$
(7,671,580
)
$
(3,665,596
)
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
   
2,046,625
   
255,526
   
265,264
 
Amortization of debt discount
   
1,000,000
   
1,000,000
   
--
 
Gain on disposal of property and equipment
   
(21,663
)
 
--
   
(21,663
)
Gain on extinguishment of debt
   
(206,608
)
 
(31,608
)
 
(175,000
)
Abandoned patents
   
183,556
   
--
   
183,556
 
Bad debts - employee advances
   
255,882
   
--
   
--
 
Contributed technology expense
   
4,550,000
   
--
   
--
 
Consulting expense
   
237,836
   
--
   
--
 
Management unit expense
   
1,334,285
   
--
   
(14,551
)
Expense for issuance of warrants
   
478,409
   
9,883
   
--
 
Expense for issuance of options
   
390,977
   
143,352
   
--
 
Amortization of deferred compensation
   
74,938
   
--
   
--
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                   
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
(296,428
)
 
(5,619
)
 
41,898
 
Other assets
   
(53,893
)
 
(2,730
)
 
--
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
   
2,798,244
   
(421,677
)
 
775,665
 
Accrued interest
   
1,893,103
   
493,310
   
760,860
 
                     
Net cash used by operating activities
   
(48,603,823
)
 
(2,849,182
)
 
(1,849,567
)
                     
Cash flows from investing activities:
                   
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
   
32,491
   
--
   
32,491
 
Purchases of property and equipment
   
(2,199,094
)
 
--
   
(4,000
)
Patent costs
   
(393,419
)
 
(64,863
)
 
(20,393
)
Loan receivable
   
(1,632,168
)
 
--
   
--
 
                     
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities
   
(4,192,190
)
 
(64,863
)
 
8,098
 
                     
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
   
--
   
2,132,581
 
Proceeds from subscription receivables
   
499,395
   
--
   
399,395
 
 
The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
 
F-8


 MEDASORB TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
   (a development stage company)
           
 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
Net cash provided by financing activities
   
55,669,151
   
5,079,927
   
2,531,976
 
                     
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
2,873,138
   
2,165,882
   
690,507
 
                     
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
   
--
   
707,256
   
16,749
 
                     
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
2,873,138
 
$
2,873,138
 
$
707,256
 
                     
                     
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                   
                     
Cash paid during the period for interest
 
$
511,780
 
$
--
 
$
7,871
 
                     
Supplemental schedule of noncash financing activities:
                   
                     
Note payable principal and interest conversion to equity
 
$
10,201,714
 
$
9,030,149
 
$
51,656
 
                     
Issuance of member units for leasehold improvements
 
$
141,635
 
$
--
 
$
--
 
                     
Issuance of management units in settlement of cost of
                   
raising capital
 
$
437,206
 
$
--
 
$
92,287
 
                     
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 common stock in exchange for stock
                   
subscribed
 
$
399,395
 
$
399,395
 
$
--
 
                     
Issuance of equity in settlement of accounts payable
 
$
1,586,444
 
$
750,125
 
$
836,319
 
                     
Costs paid from proceeds in conjunction with issuance of
                   
preferred stock
 
$
620,563
 
$
620,563
 
$
--
 
                     
Preferred stock dividends
 
$
775,536
 
$
775,536
 
$
--
 

The Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
 
F-9


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 is being accounted for as a reverse merger, since the Parent was a shell company prior to the Merger, the former stockholders of MedaSorb Delaware now own a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Parent’s Common Stock, 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, 2006 of $67,426,583. 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 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 has developed an intellectual property portfolio, including 21 issued and 5 pending patents, covering materials, methods of production, systems incorporating the technology and multiple medical uses.

F-10

 

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 December 31, 2006, 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.

Convertible Notes Payable
 
In accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 98-5, Accounting for Convertible Securities with a Beneficial Conversion Features or Contingently Adjustable Conversion Ratios ("EITF 98-5"), the Company evaluates its convertible notes payable to determine if an imbedded beneficial conversion feature (BCF) exists. If a BCF is determined to exist, the Company allocates a portion of the proceeds equal to the intrinsic value of that feature to additional paid-in capital. The debt discount attributed to the beneficial conversion feature is amortized over the convertible debenture's maturity period as interest expense using the effective yield method.

In accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 00-27, Application of Issue No. 98-5 to Certain Convertible Instruments ("EITF 00-27"), the Company recognizes the value attributable to warrants to additional paid-in capital and a discount against the convertible debentures. The Company values the warrants in accordance with EITF 00-27 using the Black-Scholes pricing model. The debt discount attributed to the value of the warrants issued is amortized over the convertible debenture’s maturity period as interest expense using the effective yield method.

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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.

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 prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature. Convertible notes payable approximate their fair value based upon the borrowing rates available for the nature of the underlying debt.

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 10 for methodology for determining net loss per share.
 
Stock-Based Compensation
 
Through December 31, 2005, the Company has accounted for its stock compensation plans under the recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Opinion (APB) No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and related interpretations. Under APB No. 25, no compensation cost was generally recognized for fixed stock options in which the exercise price was greater than or equal to the market price on the grant date. Through December 31, 2005, the Company had not adopted the recognition requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123(R), “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, for employees and directors and, accordingly, has made all pro forma disclosures required. The Company adopted the requirements of SFAS No. 123(R) and EITF Issue No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring or in Conjunction with Selling Goods and Services” with regard to non-employees. Each option granted is fair valued on the date of grant. Had compensation cost for options granted to employees and directors been determined consistent with SFAS No. 123(R), the Company's pro forma net loss would have been as follows:
 
Net Loss
 
Period from
January 22, 1997
(date of inception) to
December 31, 2005
 
Year ended
December 31,
2005
 
As reported
 
$
58,979,467
 
$
3,665,596
 
Pro forma
 
$
59,053,461
 
$
3,692,026
 
 
Under SFAS No. 123(R), the fair value of each option was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions: (1) expected lives of five-ten years, (2) dividend yield of 0%, (3) risk-free interest rates ranging from 3.25% - 5.63%, and (4) volatility percentage of 0.01%.
 
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Effective January 1, 2006, the Company has adopted the recognition requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123(R), “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, for employees and directors. The adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) has not had a significant effect on these financial statements.
 
Effects of Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), "Share-Based Payment" ("SFAS 123(R)"), which requires all companies to measure compensation cost for all share-based payments (including employee stock options) at fair value and to recognize cost over the vesting period. In March 2005, the SEC released SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, "Share-Based Payment" ("SAB 107"). SAB 107 provides the SEC staff position regarding the application of SFAS 123(R), including interpretive guidance related to the interaction between SFAS 123(R) and certain SEC rules and regulations, and provides the staff's views regarding the valuation of share-based payment arrangements for public companies. SAB 107 highlights the importance of disclosures made related to the accounting for share-based payment transactions. In April 2005, the SEC announced that companies may implement SFAS 123(R) at the beginning of their next fiscal year beginning after June 15, 2005, or December 15, 2005 for small business issuers. The Company implemented the provisions of SFAS 123(R) and SAB 107 in the first quarter of calendar 2006 using the modified-prospective method, and it did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or cash flows. See Note 9 for further information and the required disclosures under SFAS 123(R) and SAB 107, including the impact of the implementation on our results of operations.

In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections.” This statement replaces APB No. 20 and SFAS No. 3 and changes the requirements for the accounting and reporting of a change in accounting principle. APB No. 20 previously required that most voluntary changes in accounting principle be recognized by including in net income of the period of the change the cumulative effect of changing to the accounting principle. SFAS No. 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements of voluntary changes in accounting principle. SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The Company does not expect that the adoption of SFAS No. 154 will have a significant impact on the consolidated results of operations or financial position of the Company.

In February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments - an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140,” to simplify and make more consistent the accounting for certain financial instruments. Specifically, SFAS No. 155 amends SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, to permit fair value remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument with an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation, provided that the whole instrument is accounted for on a fair value basis. SFAS No. 155 amends SFAS No. 140, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, to allow a qualifying special-purpose entity (SPE) to hold a derivative financial instrument that pertains to a beneficial interest other than another derivative financial instrument. SFAS No. 155 applies to all financial instruments acquired or issued after the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006, with earlier application allowed. The Company does not expect that the adoption of SFAS No. 155 will have a significant impact on the consolidated results of operations or financial position of the Company.

In March 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 156, “Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets”, to simplify accounting for separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. SFAS No. 156 amends SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities. Additionally, SFAS No. 156 permits, but does not require, an entity to choose either the amortization method or the fair value measurement method for measuring each class of separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. SFAS No. 156 applies to all separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities acquired of issued after the beginning of an entity’s fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006, although early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect that the adoption of SFAS No. 156 will have a significant impact on the consolidated results of operations or financial position of the Company.

In July 2006, FASB has published FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN No. 48), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes”, to address the noncomparability in reporting tax assets and liabilities resulting from a lack of specific guidance in SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”, on the uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements.  FIN No. 48 will apply to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, with earlier adoption permitted.  The Company does not expect that the adoption of FIN No. 48 will have a significant impact on the consolidated results of operations or financial position of the Company.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,”  to eliminate the diversity in practice that exists due to the different definitions of fair value and the limited guidance for applying those definitions in GAAP that are dispersed among the many accounting pronouncements that require fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 retains the exchange price notion in earlier definitions of fair value, but clarifies that the exchange price is the price in an orderly transaction between market participants to sell an asset or liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability. Moreover, the SFAS states that the transaction is hypothetical at the measurement date, considered from the perspective of the market participant who holds the asset or liability. Consequently, fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price), as opposed to the price that would be paid to acquire the asset or received to assume the liability at the measurement date (an entry price).
 
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SFAS No. 157 also stipulates that, as a market-based measurement, fair value measurement should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, and establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (a) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (b) the reporting entity's own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs). Finally, SFAS No. 157 expands disclosures about the use of fair value to measure assets and liabilities in interim and annual periods subsequent to initial recognition. Entities are encouraged to combine the fair value information disclosed under SFAS No. 157 with the fair value information disclosed under other accounting pronouncements, including SFAS No. 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” where practicable. The guidance in this Statement applies for derivatives and other financial instruments measured at fair value under SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” at initial recognition and in all subsequent periods.

SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years, although earlier application is encouraged. Additionally, prospective application of the provisions of SFAS No. 157 is required as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which it is initially applied, except when certain circumstances require retrospective application. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this statement on its results of operations or financial position of the Company.

In September 2006, the FASB issued “Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans (an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132R)”, which will require employers to fully recognize the obligations associated with single-employer defined benefit pension, retiree healthcare and other postretirement plans in their financial statements. Under past accounting standards, the funded status of an employer’s postretirement benefit plan (i.e., the difference between the plan assets and obligations) was not always completely reported in the balance sheet. Past standards only required an employer to disclose the complete funded status of its plans in the notes to the financial statements. SFAS No. 158 applies to plan sponsors that are public and private companies and nongovernmental not-for-profit organizations. The requirement to recognize the funded status of a benefit plan and the disclosure requirements are effective as of the end of the fiscal year ending after December 15, 2006, for entities with publicly traded equity securities, and at the end of the fiscal year ending after June 15, 2007, for all other entities. The requirement to measure plan assets and benefit obligations as of the date of the employer’s fiscal year-end statement of financial position is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008. Since the Company does not have a defined benefit plan or post-retirement plan, the Company does not expect that the adoption of SFAS No. 158 will have a significant impact on the consolidated results of operations or financial position of the Company.
 
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3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET:

Property and equipment - net, consists of the following:

December 31,
 
2006
 
2005
 
Depreciation/Amortization Period
 
Furniture and fixtures
 
$
130,015
 
$
130,015
   
7 years
 
Equipment and computers
   
1,709,815
   
1,709,815
   
3 to 7 years
 
Leasehold improvements
   
462,980
   
462,980
   
Term of lease
 
     
2,302,810
   
2,302,810
       
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
   
1,999,250
   
1,749,153
       
Property and Equipment, Net
 
$
303,560
 
$
553,657
       
 
Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 amounted to $250,096 and $259,836, respectively. Depreciation expense from inception to December 31, 2006 amounted to $2,026,338.

4. OTHER ASSETS:

Other assets consist of the following:

December 31,
 
2006
 
2005
 
Intangible assets, net
 
$
189,577
 
$
130,143
 
Security deposits
   
53,894
   
51,164
 
Total
 
$
243,471
 
$
181,307
 
 
Intangible assets consist of the following:
 
December 31,
 
2006
 
2005
 
 
 
Gross Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Gross Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Patents
 
$
209,863
 
$
20,286
 
$
145,000
 
$
14,857
 
 
The issued patents that are capitalized are being amortized over the patents remaining legal life. Pending patents are not being amortized. Amortization expense amounted to $5,428 and $5,428 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Amortization expense from inception to December 31, 2006 amounted to $20,286.

Amortization expense is anticipated to be approximately $8,800 for each of the next five years ended December 31, 2011. During the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company abandoned its pursuit of certain patents and recorded a loss on abandonment in the amount of $0 and $183,556, respectively.
 
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5. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES:

Accounts Payable and accrued expenses consist of the following:

December 31,
 
2006
 
2005
 
Other payables
 
$
148,390
 
$
239,786
 
Legal, financial and consulting
   
290,168
   
883,092
 
Research and development
   
451,414
   
683,009
 
Filing fees
   
119,221
   
162,071
 
Employee compensation
   
2,851
   
247,476
 
   
$
1,012,044
 
$
2,215,434
 
 
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. The Company was a corporation in 2006, and its tax loss of approximately $3,400,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006 also represents the Company’s net operating loss carryforward, which expires in 2026. These loss carryforwards are subject to limitation in future years should certain ownership changes occur. A deferred tax asset has not been recorded due to the uncertainty that the Company will have the ability to utilize such asset.

For the years ended December 31, 2006, respectively, the Company’s effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate principally due to net operating losses and 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 year ended December 31, 2006 is as follows:

Federal statutory rate
   
(34.0
)%
Decrease resulting from:
       
Non-deductible expenses
   
18.6
 
Operating losses
   
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,        
2007
  $ 42,000  
2008
    5,000  
2009
    4,000  
Total     $ 51,000  
 
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, 2006 and 2005 amounted to approximately $226,000 and $259,000, respectively.

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Employment Agreements

The Company has employment agreements with certain key executives through July 2008. The agreements provide for annual base salaries of varying amounts. Future minimum annual salaries are approximately as follows:

Year ending December 31,        
2007
 
$
200,000
 
2008
   
108,000
 
Total
 
$
308,000
 

One of these agreements provides for an additional bonus payment based on achieving specific milestones as defined in the agreement, however, as of the date of this report, these milestones have not been met. Furthermore, this agreement 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 year ended December 31, 2006, the Company’s financial statements reflect the issuance of options to purchase 413,920 shares of common stock to this employee consistent with his employment agreement. The options were valued at approximately $69,600 and have been included as a charge to the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006.

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.  

On September 1, 2006, MedaSorb and Purolite International Ltd. and its affiliates (“Purolite”) agreed to the settlement of the action that had been commenced by Purolite in which Purolite claimed ownership rights in certain of the Company’s patents. The settlement agreement provides the Company with 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 settlement agreement, the Company has agreed to pay Purolite 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 (see License Agreements). The Company has not generated any revenue from its products and has not incurred any royalty costs through December 31, 2006. 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.

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, 2006. 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 Settlement Agreement, MedaSorb has agreed to pay Purolite 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 (see Litigation). The Company has not generated any revenue from its products and has not incurred any royalty costs through December 31, 2006. 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.
 
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8. CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE
 
From time to time beginning in 2003 through June 30, 2006, the Company 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. All of these convertible notes, in the aggregate principal amount of $6,549,900, together with $1,480,249 in accrued interest, were converted into equity on June 30, 2006 upon the closing of the Merger (see Note 1). In connection with this conversion, the Parent issued 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 (“inducement 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 the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Separately, in 2005 the Company received a $1 million bridge loan in anticipation of the reverse merger transaction (see Note 1) which closed in June 2006. The loan bore interest at 6% per annum, repayable in cash or, at the option of the noteholder, converted into the Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants which were sold in connection with the Merger (see Note 1). The loan and accrued interest were due and payable on December 31, 2006, subject to earlier repayment in the event the Company were to complete an offering of securities generating gross proceeds of $5.5 million or more. In addition, in the event that less than $6.5 million of gross proceeds were raised in such an offering within 120 days from the date subscription materials were first circulated to potential investors, the balance of the bridge loan then outstanding, at the Company’s option, would be convertible into the securities sold in that offering. In consideration for both funding the loan and assisting in arranging the Merger transaction and concurrent offering, the noteholder was also issued 10 million shares of common stock in 2006. Due to the contingent nature of completing the reverse merger, the Company could not be reasonably assured that the reverse merger would take place until its consummation in 2006. Accordingly, the issuance of common stock associated with these contingencies resulted in the Company recording a debt discount charge in the amount of $1,000,000 at the date of the reverse merger closing in 2006. The terms of the agreement provided the note to be due currently. Therefore, the Company immediately amortized the debt discount entirely at the date of the reverse merger closing, resulting in a charge to the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006 in the amount of $1,000,000.

In October 2006, pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement with the bridge loan holder, the $1,000,000 bridge loan was converted into 1,000,000 shares of 10% Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase 400,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $2.00 per share. In accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 00-27, the Company allocated the $1,000,000 of proceeds based on the relative fair value to the preferred stock as follows: $917,180 was allocated to the preferred stock and $82,820 to the warrants. Additionally, the Company evaluated if the embedded conversion option resulted in a beneficial conversion feature, however, the proceeds allocated to the preferred stock exceeded the market value of the common stock subject to conversion, resulting in a beneficial conversion feature in the amount of $122,820. 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 totaling $205,640 has been recorded as a preferred stock dividend and is included in the consolidated statements of operations for year ended December 31, 2006. As noted above, the Company has concluded that the conversion feature is not considered a derivative under EITF 00-19 and SFAS 133.

9. 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 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:
 
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·  
the occurrence of “Non-Registration Events” including, the failure to cause a registration statement registering the shares of Common Stock underlying the Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants issued in connection therewith to be effective within 240 days following the closing of the private placement;
   
·  
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.

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) requires 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 (see Note 11).

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.

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 to the preferred stock 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, 2006, 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.
 
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A total of 2,500,000 shares of common stock are reserved for issuance under the 2006 Plan. As of December 31, 2006 there were outstanding options to purchase 294,401 shares of common stock under the 2006 Plan. Additionally, as of December 31, 2006 there were options to purchase 890,600 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 Compensation Committee of the Board (the Committee).  The Committee 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 Committee is also authorized to prescribe, amend and rescind terms relating to options granted under the 2006 Plan.  Generally, the interpretation and construction of any provision of the 2006 Plan or any options granted hereunder is within the discretion of the Committee.

The 2006 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 SAB 107 for all share-based compensation. Share-based employee compensation for the year ended December 31, 2006 in the amounts of approximately $31,300 and $112,000 (net of related tax), is included in the net loss of $7,671,580 under the captions research and development and general and administrative, respectively.

The summary of the stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2006 is as follows:

 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted
 
Average
 
 
 
 
 
Average
 
Remaining
 
 
 
 
 
Exercise
 
Contractual
 
 
 
Shares
 
per Share
 
Life (Years)
 
Outstanding, January 1, 2006
   
512,247
 
$
27.49
   
5.2
 
Granted
   
673,105
   
6.65
   
9.2
 
Cancelled
   
(351
)
 
6.64
   
8.0
 
Exercised
   
   
   
 
Outstanding, December 31, 2006
   
1,185,001
 
$
15.66
   
7.5
 

The weighted-average grant date fair value for options granted during the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 amounted to approximately $0.30 and $0.44 per share, respectively.

At December 31, 2006, the aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and options currently exercisable amounted to approximately $63,000.

The summary of the status of the Company’s non-vested options for the year ended December 31, 2006 is as follows:

   
Shares
 
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
 
Non-vested, January 1, 2006
   
1,105
 
$
0.00
 
Granted
   
673,105
 
$
0.30
 
Cancelled
   
(351
)
$
0.00
 
Vested
   
(594,194
)
$
0.24
 
Exercised
   
   
 
Non-vested, December 31, 2006
   
79,665
 
$
0.77
 
 
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As of December 31, 2006, approximately $61,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 6.7 years.

As of December 31, 2006, 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
 
1,206
 
$
41.47
   
January 9, 2007
 
25,995
 
$
19.91
   
February 8, 2007
 
603
 
$
41.47
   
February 24, 2007
 
2,652
 
$
41.47
   
May 30, 2007
 
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
 
 
As of December 31, 2006, the Company has the following warrant to purchase preferred stock outstanding:

Number of
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 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, 2006 and 2005, 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 and expected life of the stock option or warrant, the current price of the underlying stock and its expected volatility, expected dividends on the stock and the risk free interest rate 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.
 
10. NET LOSS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 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 1,185,001 and 3,994,875 incremental shares, respectively, as well as shares issuable upon conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and Preferred Stock Warrant representing approximately 6,342,868 incremental shares have been excluded from the computation of diluted EPS as they are anti-dilutive.
 
11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
Effective January 1, 2007, the Company appointed a new Chairman of the Board, agreed to compensate him at the rate of $20,000 per annum, and issued him an option to purchase 200,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $1.65 per share.

In January 2007, the Company issued options to purchase 176,000 shares of Common Stock to employees and a consultant exercisable at $1.90 per share.

In February 2007, the Company issued an option to purchase 400,000 shares of Common Stock to an employee exercisable at $1.26 per share.

The Company is required to file a registration statement under the terms of the subscription agreements for 5,250,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock with an aggregate stated value of $5,250,000, sold to four institutional investors (See Note 9). The registration rights provided for in the subscription agreements entered into with these investors requires the Company to file a registration statement with the SEC and cause it to be declared effective by the SEC by February 25, 2007.  The failure to have the registration statement timely declared effective by the SEC constitutes an event of default under the Certificate of Designation and entitles those investors to liquidated damages of two percent (2%) of the purchase price of the Series A Preferred Stock per 30-day period.  The Company filed the registration statement, but it has not yet been declared effective by the SEC. Accordingly, the Company is obligated to pay those investors an aggregate of $105,000 per 30-day period from February 26, 2007 through the date that the registration statement is declared effective by the SEC, and cash dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to those investors began to accrue at the rate of 20% per annum on February 26, 2007 and will continue to accrue at that rate until the registration statement is declared effective.

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PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 24 - 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.
 
Item 25 - Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The following table sets forth the estimated costs and expenses of the Company in connection with the offering described in this registration statement. None of these costs and expenses will be paid by any of the selling stockholders.

Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee
 
$
2,522.95
 
Legal Fees and Expenses
 
$
75,000
 
Accounting Fees and Expenses
 
$
10,000
 
Other Expenses
 
$
15,000
 
Total Costs and Expenses
 
$
102,522.95
 
 
Item 26 - Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
 
 Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger among us, MedaSorb Acquisition Inc. and MedaSorb Corporation (“MedaSorb Delaware”), on June 30, 2006, we issued the former stockholders of MedaSorb Delaware (i) an aggregate of 20,340,929 shares of our Common Stock in exchange for the same number of shares of MedaSorb Delaware common stock previously held by such stockholders, and (ii) outstanding warrants and options to purchase a total of 1,697,648 shares of our Common Stock in exchange for warrants and stock options to purchase the same number of shares of common stock of MedaSorb Delaware. The option and warrants issued in the merger have the same exercise prices and are otherwise on the same general terms as the options and warrants that were cancelled. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, 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. The securities issued in connection with the merger were issued in a transaction that was exempt from registration pursuant to Regulation D (Rule 506) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
 
On June 30, 2006, immediately following the merger, for aggregate gross consideration of $5,250,000, we sold 5,250,000 shares of our Series A 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock to four institutional investors in a private offering exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D (Rule 506) under the Securities Act. The 5,250,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock are initially convertible into 4,200,000 shares our Common Stock. In conjunction with the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock to the investors, we issued to them, for no additional consideration, five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,100,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share. In connection with the sale of the Series A Preferred Stock and Warrants to these investors, Margie Chassman, pledged certain securities held by her to the investors to ensure they do not suffer a loss on their investment in the first year following the date of their investment. In consideration of this pledge, we issued Ms. Chassman five-year warrants to purchase 10% of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 10% of the warrants sold to these investors for an exercise price equal to the price paid by the investors in the private placement for the Series A Preferred Stock and warrants. The issuance to Ms. Chassman was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D (Rule 506) under the Securities Act.
 
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On August 1, 2006, we issued ten-year options to purchase an aggregate of 25,000 shares of Common Stock to five persons consisting of our directors and two former directors of MedaSorb Delaware, exercisable at $1.25 per share. This issuance was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D under the Securities Act.
 
On September 30, 2006, we issued to an additional “accredited investor” under the Securities Act, for aggregate gross consideration of $50,000, 50,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase 20,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $2.00 per share in a transaction exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D under the Securities Act.
 
On September 30, 2006, pursuant to agreements previously entered into with existing stockholders of ours, those stockholders exchanged an aggregate of 240,929 shares of our Common Stock and warrants to purchase an additional 240,929 shares of Common Stock at a price of $4.98 per share, for 799,885 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase 319,954 shares of Common Stock at a price of $2.00 per share in a transaction exempt from registration pursuant to Sections 4(2) and 3(a)(9) and Regulation D under the Securities Act. These stockholders had invested an aggregate of $799,885 in MedaSorb Delaware during 2005 upon terms which provided them with anti-dilution price protection with respect to financings completed in the next 12 months. In March 2006, consistent with these anti-dilution terms, and in anticipation of the merger and financing we completed on June 30, 2006, MedaSorb Delaware notified each of these stockholders that they would be permitted to exchange the shares of Common Stock and warrants purchased by them in 2005 for the securities to be sold in the private placement to be completed in the next six months concurrent with a reverse merger, at the same price paid by investors in that private placement. On September 30, 2006, the last reported sales price of the Common Stock was $1.70.
 
On September 30, 2006, we issued 615,696 shares of our Common Stock to one of our attorneys as payment for accrued legal fees in a transaction exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D under the Securities Act.
 
On October 25, 2006, we issued a warrant to purchaser 240,125 shares of our Common Stock to one of our attorneys, who is also a director of ours, as payment for accrued legal fees in a transaction exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D under the Securities Act.
 
On October 28, 2006, pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement with Ms. Chassman, the $1,000,000 advance she had made to us thereunder was converted into 1,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase 400,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $2.00 per share in a transaction exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and 3(a)(9) and Regulation D under the Securities Act.
 
On December 31, 2006, we issued ten-year options to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock to each of our Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer, exercisable at $1.65 per share. These issuances were exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D under the Securities Act.
 
On October 13, 2006, we issued 20,000 shares of Common Stock to a consultant. These issuances were exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D under the Securities Act.
 
On January 1, 2007, we issued ten-year options to purchase 200,000 shares of Common Stock to our Chairman of the Board exercisable at $1.65 per share. This issuance was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D under the Securities Act.
 
On December 31, 2006 we issued 142,578 shares of Common Stock to a provider of legal services. These issuances were exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D under the Securities Act.
 
On January 16, 2007, we issued ten-year options to purchase 150,000 shares of Common Stock to our Chief Financial Officer exercisable at $1.90 per share. This issuance was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D under the Securities Act.
 
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On February 8, 2007, we issued immediately exercisable ten-year options to purchase 400,000 shares of Common Stock to our Chief Executive Officer exercisable at $1.26 per share. This issuance was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D under the Securities Act.
 
Item 27 - Exhibits.
 
The following exhibits are filed with this document:

Exhibit No.
 
Description
2.1
 
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 29, 2006, by and among Gilder Enterprises, Inc., MedaSorb Corporation and MedaSorb Acquisition Inc. (previously filed)
     
3.1
 
Articles of Incorporation of Gilder Enterprises, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed on March 29, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.2
 
Amendment to Registrant’s Articles of Incorporation effected August 1, 2006 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 7, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
3.3
 
By-Laws of Gilder Enterprises, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed on March 29, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
4.1
 
Certificate To Set Forth Designations, Voting Powers, Preferences, Limitations, Restrictions, And Relative Rights Of Series A 10% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, $.001 Par Value Per Share*
     
4.2
 
Form of Warrant issued to purchasers of Series A Preferred Stock. *
     
4.3
 
Form of Subscription Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2006, by and among Gilder Enterprises, Inc. and the purchasers party thereto. *
     
5.1
 
Opinion of Cane Clark, LLP (previously filed)
     
10.1‡
 
Employment Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2003, between Al Kraus and MedaSorb Technologies, LLC. (previously filed)
     
10.2‡
 
Employment Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2005, between Vincent Capponi and MedaSorb Technologies, LLC. (previously filed)
     
10.3‡
 
Employment Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2005, between David Lamadrid and MedaSorb Technologies, LLC. (previously filed)
     
10.4‡
 
Employment Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2004, between Dr. James Winchester and MedaSorb Technologies, LLC. (previously filed)
     
10.5‡
 
Gilder Enterprises, Inc. 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan. *
     
10.6
 
Stipulated Order and Settlement Agreement by and Between Bro-Tech Corporation and Purolite International Ltd. and MedaSorb Corporation. (previously filed)
     
10.7
 
Subaward Agreement, dated May 2006, between MedaSorb Technologies and University of Pittsburgh. (previously filed)
 
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10.8
 
Letter Agreement, dated August 11, 2003, between RenalTech International and Guillermina Vega Montiel (previously filed)
     
10.9
 
Term Sheet For An Investment In MedaSorb Technologies, LLC, dated October 26, 2005, between MedaSorb and Margie Chassman (previously filed)
     
10.10
 
Form of Voting Agreement entered into by Margie Chassman and her transferees in connection with 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock. (previously filed)
     
21
 
Subsidiaries of the Registrant (previously filed)
     
23.1
 
Consent of Cane Clark, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
     
23.2
 
Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, A Professional Corporation (filed herewith).
     
*   Incorporated by reference to the similarly described exhibit previously filed as an exhibit to  Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on July 6, 2006.
     
  Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
 
Item 28 - 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 SB-2 and authorized this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned in Monmouth Junction, State of New Jersey, on April 26, 2007.
 
     
 
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
 
April 26, 2007
Al Kraus
  Executive Officer) and Director    
         
       
 /s/ David Lamadrid
 
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
 
April 26 2007
David Lamadrid
  Accounting and Financial Officer)    
         
         
 /s/ William R. Miller
  Chairman of the Board  
April 26, 2007
William R. Miller
 
 
 
 
         
         
/s/ Joseph Rubin, Esq.
 
Director
 
April 26, 2007
Joseph Rubin, Esq.
       
         
         
/s/ Kurt Katz
 
Director
 
April 26, 2007
Kurt Katz
       
         
/s/ Edward Jones
 
Director
 
April 26, 2007
Edward Jones, MD
       
 
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