regulatory
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.80
Spero Therapeutics receives SEC Wells Notice; CEO placed on paid administrative leave
Spero Therapeutics, Inc.
- SEC staff preliminarily recommends enforcement action over 2022 disclosures on tebipenem HBr commercialization.
- CEO Satyavrat Shukla agrees to paid administrative leave; CFO Esther Rajavelu appointed interim CEO.
- Director Frank Thomas replaces Dr. Ankit Mahadevia as Chairman of the Board.
- Preliminary cash and equivalents of $52.9M as of Dec 31, 2024; runway into mid-2026.
- Phase 3 PIVOT-PO trial enrollment exceeds 60%; on track for full enrollment in 2H 2025.