Sohanya Cheng
On October 30, 2024, the Board elected Sohanya Cheng as a director of the Company, effective October 31, 2024.
Highest-materiality recent filing
Carisma voluntarily delisting from Nasdaq, terminating SEC reporting; appoints new CEO for wind-down
Board approved voluntary delisting from Nasdaq; Form 25 expected Dec 10; delisting effective 10 days later.
Carisma Therapeutics terminates CEO (eff. Nov 15) and CSO; three directors resign
CEO Steven Kelly terminated without cause, effective Nov 15, 2025; gets $624K severance plus $299,948 prorated bonus and health payments.
Carisma Therapeutics to be delisted from Nasdaq on Oct 13; expects to wind down operations
Received Nasdaq delisting letter; common stock suspended from trading effective Oct 13, 2025; no appeal planned.
Carisma terminates merger with OrthoCellix, receives $4M from Moderna, expects wind-down
Moderna pays $4M one-time to eliminate all future milestones, royalties, and research costs under the 2022 collaboration; licenses become fully paid-up and perpetual.
Carisma enters $5M subscription deal with Ocugen; Nasdaq deadline extended to Oct 21
Subscription agreement with Ocugen for $5M private placement as part of concurrent $25M financing.
Carisma stockholders approve reverse stock split at ratio of 1:10 to 1:50
Stockholders adopted reverse split amendment; board has sole discretion to set exact ratio (1:10 to 1:50) and timing.
Nasdaq notified Carisma on July 9, 2025 that failure to regain bid price compliance is an additional delisting basis.
Carisma to merge with OrthoCellix; pre-merger holders to own ~10% of combined company
Carisma (CARM) enters merger with Ocugen subsidiary OrthoCellix; Merger Sub to merge into OrthoCellix, which becomes wholly owned subsidiary.
Nasdaq Panel granted exception; listing transferred to Nasdaq Capital Market effective June 12, 2025.
Carisma receives Nasdaq delisting notice for MVLS, MVPHS, bid price non-compliance
Nasdaq notified Carisma on April 10, 2025, of delisting for failing to maintain $50M MVLS by April 8, 2025 compliance deadline.
Carisma updates pipeline: CT-1119 Phase 1 start H1 2025, liver fibrosis IND in 2026
CT-1119 (mesothelin-targeted CAR-Monocyte) Phase 1 trial with tislelizumab in solid tumors expected to start H1 2025.
Received Nasdaq notice on Jan 6, 2025 for non-compliance with minimum bid price of $1.00 per share.
Carisma Therapeutics appoints interim VP of Finance, principal accounting officer
Natalie McAndrew appointed interim VP of Finance effective Jan 1, 2025.
Carisma Therapeutics reduces workforce by 34%, terminates CFO, discontinues lead candidate CT-0525
Reduction of 23 employees (34% of workforce); expects ~$2.7M in one-time termination costs, substantially complete by Q1 2025.
Carisma Q3 net loss $12.7M; cash $26.9M; CT-0525 initial data expected Q1 2025
Net loss of $12.7M in Q3 2024 vs $21.4M in Q3 2023; R&D expenses fell to $11.3M from $19.6M.
Carisma Therapeutics announces director resignation and appointment of Sohanya Cheng
Michael Torok resigns from board effective Oct 31, 2024; cites other professional commitments, no disagreement.
Carisma Therapeutics receives Nasdaq deficiency notice for market value below $50M
Nasdaq notified Carisma on Oct 10, 2024 that MVLS fell below $50M minimum requirement.
Carisma Therapeutics Q2 2024 net loss $11.2M; CT-0525 data expected by year-end
Net loss improved to $11.2M in Q2 2024 from $19.9M in Q2 2023; R&D expenses declined to $15.3M.
Carisma reports 75% ctDNA reduction in HER2 3+ patients in Phase 1 CT-0508 trial
75% (6/8) evaluable HER2 3+ patients had ctDNA reduction (median 81%, range 33%-93%); no reduction in 5 HER2 2+ patients.
Terminated Manufacturing and Supply Agreement with Novartis for CT-0508; effective July 31, 2024.
Carisma Therapeutics appoints Thorell and Scadden to board; Hodits and Odlander resign
Regina Hodits and Björn Odlander resigned from board effective June 30, 2024, citing other professional commitments, not disagreements.
Carisma nominates first in vivo CAR-M candidate under Moderna collab; $2M milestone triggered
Development candidate targets Glypican-3 for solid tumors, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Carisma grants retention options: 125K shares CEO, 85K each CFO/CSO, vesting over 2 years
CEO Steven Kelly receives option for 125,000 shares; CFO Richard Morris and CSO Michael Klichinsky each get 85,000 shares.
Carisma Therapeutics holds annual meeting; all proposals approved by shareholders
Directors John Hohneker, M.D. and Michael Torok elected with 16.7M and 16.0M votes for respectively.
Carisma Therapeutics Q1 net loss $19.0M; cash $56.5M; lead candidate CT-0525 prioritized
Net loss $19.0M for Q1 2024 vs $24.6M in Q1 2023; R&D expenses $17.5M.
Carisma reports preliminary Phase 1 data for CT-0508; 40.7% target lesion reduction in monotherapy
In 14 monotherapy patients, 40.7% of target lesions reduced in size on ≥1 scan across all anatomic sites.
Carisma Therapeutics reports $86.9M net loss; prioritizes CT-0525, cuts workforce 37%
Cash of $77.6M as of Dec 31, 2023, expected to fund operations into Q3 2025 after restructuring.
On October 30, 2024, the Board elected Sohanya Cheng as a director of the Company, effective October 31, 2024.
On October 24, 2024, Michael Torok notified Carisma Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign from the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), effective October 31, 2024.
On June 26, 2024, each of Regina Hodits, Ph.D. and Björn Odlander, M.D., Ph.D. notified Carisma Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) of their respective decisions to resign from the Company’s board of directors, effective June 30, 2024.
On June 26, 2024, each of Regina Hodits, Ph.D. and Björn Odlander, M.D., Ph.D. notified Carisma Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) of their respective decisions to resign from the Company’s board of directors, effective June 30, 2024.
On June 26, 2024, the board of directors elected Marella Thorell and David Scadden, M.D. as directors of the Company, effective June 30, 2024.
On June 26, 2024, the board of directors elected Marella Thorell and David Scadden, M.D. as directors of the Company, effective June 30, 2024.
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