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Note 12. Subsequent Events |
Note 12- Subsequent Events
Subsequent to September 30, 2021, the Company issued a total of 74,094 shares of common stock to noteholders whose notes payable and accrued interest were mandatorily converted to common stock on February 16, 2021 (see Note 4). On November 5, 2021 the Company terminated the employment of Anthony Cataldo as Chief Executive Officer and Michael Handelman as Chief Financial Officer. On November 8, the Board appointed Dr. Greg Berk as Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Dr. Gavin Choy as Acting Chief Financial Officer. On November 8, 2021, the Board also appointed Michael Breen as Executive Chairman of the Board. Compensation for Dr. Berk shall be an annual salary of $500,000, annual target bonus of up to 50% of salary, and a stock grant of 0.25% of the fully diluted stock as of the date of his appointment. Compensation for Michael Breen shall be an annual salary of $425,000, annual target bonus of up to 75% of salary, and a stock grant of 1% of the fully diluted stock.
Dr. Berk previously served as a private consultant in the field of drug development and was the Chief Medical Officer of Celularity, a privately owned company. Previously, he served as Chief Medical Officer at Verastem and as President, Chief Medical Officer and Board Member of Sideris Pharmaceuticals. From May 2012 until January 2014, Dr. Berk was Chief Medical Officer of BIND Therapeutics. Prior to this, he was Chief Medical Officer at Intellikine, a privately held biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of novel PI3 Kinase and mTOR inhibitors. Intellikine was acquired by Takeda/Millennium in January 2012. He also served as Senior Vice President of Global Clinical Development at Abraxis BioScience, where he was responsible for the company’s overall clinical strategy, including efforts to expand the indications for their lead clinical program (Abraxane®). Dr. Berk obtained his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University, and completed his internship, residency and fellowship in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology, at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital, where he also served as a faculty member from 1989-2004. During this time Dr. Berk served as an investigator on several industry-sponsored and cooperative group oncology clinical trials, including the pivotal trials for Gleevec® and Avastin®.
Dr. Choy received his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Southern California and completed residency training at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. Dr. Choy also holds a Master of Business Administration focused on Health Care from the University of California, Irvine, Paul Merage School of Business. Dr. Choy has more than 20 years in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry with various executive leadership roles, including serving as a Chief Operating Officer at Apollomics, Inc. as well as President, CG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |