– CEO and Founder Scott Tarriff Retires –
– Chairman Michael Graves to Serve as Interim Executive Chairman –
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Nov. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGRX) (“Eagle” or the “Company”) today announced a change in management. Effective immediately Scott Tarriff, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has announced his resignation and retirement from his positions with the Company as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director on the Company’s Board of Directors. Michael Graves, Eagle Pharmaceuticals’ Chairman of the Board, has assumed the role of Interim Executive Chairman of the Board to lead the management team through this transition. The Company will institute a CEO search for Mr. Tarriff’s successor.
Michael (“Mike”) Graves has served as a member of Eagle’s Board of Directors since November 2013 and as Chairman of the Board since June 2016. Mr. Graves has extensive board experience and is currently Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nanocopoeia, Inc. and a member of the Board of Managers of TopRx, LLC, both privately held companies. Mr. Graves previously served on the Board of Directors of RiboCor, Inc. From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Graves served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Paddock Laboratories, Inc., a pharmaceutical company engaged in the manufacture, distribution and marketing of bioequivalent generic pharmaceuticals and specialty over-the-counter pharmaceutical products. From 2005 to 2006, Mr. Graves served as President of the Generic Products Division at Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., a publicly-traded developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialty pharmaceuticals. While at Par, Mr. Graves progressed through a series of executive roles across marketing and sales, business development, corporate development and strategic planning, until his promotion to President of the Generic Products Division in 2005. Mr. Graves holds a B.S. from State University College of New York at Buffalo.
Michael Graves commented, “I look forward to leading the Company during this transition. We will institute an executive search to recruit a permanent replacement for a Chief Executive Officer.”
About Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Eagle is a fully integrated pharmaceutical company with research and development, clinical, manufacturing and commercial expertise. Eagle is committed to developing innovative medicines that result in meaningful improvements in patients’ lives. Eagle’s commercialized products include PEMFEXY®, RYANODEX®, BENDEKA®, BELRAPZO®, TREAKISYM® (Japan), and BYFAVO® and BARHEMSYS® through its wholly owned subsidiary Acacia Pharma Inc. Eagle’s oncology and CNS/metabolic critical care pipeline includes product candidates with the potential to address underserved therapeutic areas across multiple disease states, and the company is focused on developing medicines with the potential to become part of the personalized medicine paradigm in cancer care. Additional information is available on Eagle’s website at www.eagleus.com.
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