Aurinia Announces Board Restructuring
September 12 2024 - 3:05PM
Business Wire
- Peter Greenleaf, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Aurinia, remains a Director
- Kevin Tang, President of Tang Capital Management, LLC,
appointed as a Director
- The Board has accepted the conditional resignations of three
directors who received less than majority support at the 2024
Annual General Meeting
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AUPH) (Aurinia or the
Company) today announced that it has restructured its Board of
Directors (the Board) to further align the Company with shareholder
interests.
Peter Greenleaf, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Aurinia, remains a Director. Mr. Greenleaf had conditionally
resigned as a Director because he received less than majority
support at the 2024 Annual General Meeting (the Meeting). The Board
carefully considered all relevant factors and determined that there
are exceptional circumstances that warrant the rejection of Mr.
Greenleaf’s conditional resignation. The Board believes that
maintaining Mr. Greenleaf’s Director position is in the best
interests of the Company and allows for the Company’s continued
focus on commercial execution, free cash flow generation, and
advancement of its pipeline.
The Board has appointed Kevin Tang, President of Tang Capital
Management, LLC, a life sciences-focused investment company that he
founded in 2002, as a Director. Mr. Tang has more than 20 years of
experience investing in, governing and leading companies in the
biopharmaceutical industry. His biography can be found here.
The Board has accepted the conditional resignations of Daniel G.
Billen, Ph.D., R. Hector MacKay-Dunn, J.D., K.C., and Brinda
Balakrishnan, M.D., Ph.D., who received less than majority support
at the Meeting.
The restructured Board consists of seven members: Jeffrey A.
Bailey; Robert T. Foster, Pharm.D., Ph.D., DSc; Peter Greenleaf;
David R.W. Jayne, M.D., FRCP, FRCPE, FMedSci; Jill Leversage; Karen
Smith, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, LLM; and Kevin Tang.
About Aurinia Aurinia Pharmaceuticals is a fully
integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering
therapies to people living with autoimmune diseases with high unmet
medical needs. In January 2021, the Company introduced LUPKYNIS®
(voclosporin), the first FDA-approved oral therapy dedicated to the
treatment of adult patients with active lupus nephritis. Aurinia is
also developing AUR200, a differentiated, potential best-in-class
therapy for autoimmune diseases that targets both BAFF (B-cell
Activating Factor) and APRIL (A Proliferation-Inducing Ligand).
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