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accession: "0001213900-25-094710"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LGVN"
cik: "0001721484"
company_name: "Longeveron Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-01T23:59:59+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Longeveron appoints Dr. George Paletta to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Dr. George Paletta, orthopedic surgeon and St. Louis Cardinals head team doctor, elected to Longeveron Board effective Oct 1, 2025.
- Paletta has experience developing ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) with deal values totaling almost $1 billion.
- Paletta holds multiple patents in orthopedic and cardiovascular fields and has been early-stage investor in startups.
- Longeveron's pivotal HLHS trial fully enrolled; data anticipated in 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-094710
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LGVN
- cik: 0001721484
- company_name: Longeveron Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1721484/000121390025094710/0001213900-25-094710-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1721484/000121390025094710/ea0259742-8k_longever.htm

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