---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-301337"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HRTX"
cik: "0000818033"
company_name: "HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC. /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T09:36:27.804856+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Kevin Kotler resigns from Heron Therapeutics board effective Dec 31, 2023

## Summary
- Kevin Kotler resigned from the Board, effective December 31, 2023.
- Resignation not due to any disagreements with the company's operations, policies or practices.
- No replacement named at this time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-301337
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HRTX
- cik: 0000818033
- company_name: HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC. /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818033/000119312523301337/0001193125-23-301337-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818033/000119312523301337/d96206d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-301337.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin Kotler resigned as member of the board of directors at HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC. /DE/.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the board of directors
  source text: On December 20, 2023, Kevin Kotler resigned as a member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), effective December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818033/000119312523301337/0001193125-23-301337-index.htm

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