Vericel Corporation Common Stock

Vericel Corp. engages in the research, product development, manufacture, and distribution of patient-specific, expanded cellular therapies for use in the treatment of patients with diseases. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and currently employs 398 full-time employees. The company has a differentiated portfolio of cell therapy and specialty biologic products. The company markets three products in the United States. MACI (autologous cultured chondrocytes on porcine collagen membrane) is an autologous-cellularized scaffold product indicated for the repair of symptomatic, single or multiple full-thickness cartilage defects of the knee with or without bone involvement in adults. Epicel (cultured epidermal autografts) is a permanent skin replacement for the treatment of patients with deep dermal or full thickness burns greater than or equal to 30% of total body surface area. The firm also holds a license for North American rights to NexoBrid (anacaulase-bcdb), a biological orphan product containing proteolytic enzymes, which is indicated for eschar removal in adults and pediatric patients with deep partial-thickness and/or full-thickness thermal burns.