August 16, 2011
VIA EDGAR
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attention: | Brian Cascio, Accounting Branch Chief Division of Corporation Finance | |
| Re: | Cerus Corporation Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 Filed March 16, 2011 Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2011 Filed August 8, 2011 File No. 000-21937 | |
Dear Mr. Cascio,
On behalf of Cerus Corporation (the “Company”), this letter is being transmitted to inform the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”), pursuant to a phone conversation between a member of the Staff and the Company’s outside counsel on August 16, 2011, that the Company intends to respond to the Staff’s letter dated August 8, 2011, with respect to the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 and Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2011, no later than August 31, 2011.
Please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (925) 288 – 6116, if you have any questions or would like additional information regarding these matters.
Sincerely,
/s/ Howard G. Ervin Howard G. Ervin Vice President, Legal Affairs and Chief Legal Officer Cerus Corporation |
cc: Don Parkin,Ernst & Young LLP
Suzanne Sawochka Hooper, Esq.,Cooley LLP
Chadwick Mills, Esq.,Cooley LLP
