---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000944809-22-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OPK"
cik: "0000944809"
company_name: "OPKO HEALTH, INC."
filed_at: "2022-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T23:39:53.257861+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OPKO Health’s Senior VP and BioReference CEO Jon R. Cohen retires; receives $1M severance

## Summary
- Dr. Jon R. Cohen retired as SVP of OPKO, Executive Chairman & CEO of BioReference, and board member effective Aug 16, 2022.
- He will serve as advisor through Dec 31, 2022, then consultant through Aug 2023.
- Severance includes $1,000,000 aggregate and full vesting acceleration of all unvested stock options as of Dec 31, 2022.
- Retirement not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Severance agreement includes confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-disparagement, and cooperation clauses.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000944809-22-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OPK
- cik: 0000944809
- company_name: OPKO HEALTH, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944809/000094480922000043/0000944809-22-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944809/000094480922000043/opk-20220816.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000944809-22-000043.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jon R. Cohen retired as Senior Vice President and Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at OPKO HEALTH, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On August 16, 2022, Dr. Jon R. Cohen, retired from his positions as Senior Vice President of OPKO Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BioReference Health, LLC
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944809/000094480922000043/0000944809-22-000043-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.