---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-197742"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CPRX"
cik: "0001369568"
company_name: "CATALYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T22:53:51.553500+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Catalyst CEO Patrick J. McEnany to retire by end of 2023; remains Chairman

## Summary
- CEO Patrick J. McEnany informed board of intention to retire as CEO by end of 2023.
- McEnany will continue as non-executive Chairman of the Board after retirement.
- Board has retained a nationally recognized executive recruitment firm to find successor.
- McEnany stated retirement not due to any disagreement with management or board.
- McEnany remains Catalyst's largest individual stockholder.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-197742
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CPRX
- cik: 0001369568
- company_name: CATALYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1369568/000119312523197742/0001193125-23-197742-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1369568/000119312523197742/d538695d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-197742
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-197742.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-197742.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick J. McEnany retired as Chief Executive Officer at CATALYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On July 24, 2023, Patrick J. McEnany, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), informed the Company’s Board of Directors that he intends to retire as the Company’s CEO by the end of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1369568/000119312523197742/0001193125-23-197742-index.htm

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