leadership
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.80
PharmaCyte CEO resigns; interim CEO appointed; Board forms Business Review Committee to evaluate strategic options
PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
- CEO Kenneth Waggoner resigned effective Oct 6; separation agreement provides $216,667 lump sum and $433,333 consulting payments over 12 months.
- Board appointed Joshua Silverman as interim CEO and Chairman; Silverman is a director since Aug 2022 and co-founder of Parkfield Funding.
- Board's Business Review Committee to evaluate opportunities including FDA clinical hold on Cell-in-a-Box IND and relationship with SG Austria.
- Company continuing share repurchase program of up to $10 million; spending on programs curtailed pending review.