---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000320017-23-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LSTA"
cik: "0000320017"
company_name: "LISATA THERAPEUTICS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-07-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T10:18:57.712954+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lisata Therapeutics announces retirement of director Erkki Ruoslahti; remains advisor

## Summary
- Dr. Erkki Ruoslahti resigned from the Board of Directors effective July 11, 2023.
- He will continue as a scientific advisor to the Company.
- Ruoslahti cited confidence in LSTA1 progress and reduced international travel as reasons.
- He is the scientific founder of the CendR Platform and a Lasker Prize winner.
- No replacement announced; board size unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000320017-23-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LSTA
- cik: 0000320017
- company_name: LISATA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-07-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320017/000032001723000037/0000320017-23-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320017/000032001723000037/clbs-20230711.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320017-23-000037
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320017-23-000037.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320017-23-000037.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Erkki Ruoslahti retired as Director at LISATA THERAPEUTICS, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: Lisata Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced that Erkki Ruoslahti, M.D., Ph.D., has decided to retire from its Board of Directors effective today, July 11, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320017/000032001723000037/0000320017-23-000037-index.htm

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