---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001372514-23-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KPRX"
cik: "0001372514"
company_name: "KIORA PHARMACEUTICALS INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T09:05:15.823080+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kiora Pharmaceuticals dismisses EisnerAmper, appoints Haskell & White as auditor

## Summary
- Dismissed EisnerAmper effective March 24, 2023 after competitive bid process.
- No disagreements with EisnerAmper; material weakness in internal controls noted.
- Prior audit report included going concern explanatory paragraph.
- Appointed Haskell & White LLP as independent auditor for fiscal year 2023.
- No prior consultations with Haskell & White on accounting matters.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001372514-23-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KPRX
- cik: 0001372514
- company_name: KIORA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1372514/000137251423000053/0001372514-23-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1372514/000137251423000053/kprx-20230324.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001372514-23-000053
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001372514-23-000053.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001372514-23-000053.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  KIORA PHARMACEUTICALS INC engaged Haskell & White LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Haskell & White LLP
  source text: the Audit Committee has appointed Haskell & White LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective March 24, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1372514/000137251423000053/0001372514-23-000053-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  KIORA PHARMACEUTICALS INC dismissed EisnerAmper LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: EisnerAmper LLP
  - Successor: Haskell & White LLP
  source text: the Audit Committee dismissed EisnerAmper as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm as of the Effective Date
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1372514/000137251423000053/0001372514-23-000053-index.htm

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