---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-040439"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PCSA"
cik: "0001533743"
company_name: "Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T05:04:41.064305+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Processa Pharmaceuticals board member Virgil Thompson passes away at 83

## Summary
- Virgil Thompson, age 83, died unexpectedly on November 9, 2023.
- He served on the Board since 2017 and chaired the Nominating and Governance Committee.
- The company has no immediate plans to appoint a new board member.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-040439
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PCSA
- cik: 0001533743
- company_name: Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1533743/000149315223040439/0001493152-23-040439-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1533743/000149315223040439/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-040439.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Virgil Thompson departed as Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of Nominating and Governance Committee at Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc..
  - Action: passed away
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of Nominating and Governance Committee
  source text: announcing that Virgil Thompson, age 83, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and Chairman of our Nominating and Governance Committee, unexpectedly passed away on Thursday November 9, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1533743/000149315223040439/0001493152-23-040439-index.htm

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