Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATHX) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of CertainOfficers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On January 11, 2019, the independent members of the Board of Directors of Athersys, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, approved the following cash bonuses to the named executive officers of the Company, based on individual performance and achievement of corporate goals in 2018:
|
Name |
Title |
Award |
|
|
Gil Van Bokkelen |
Chief Executive Officer |
$ |
267,300 |
|
William Lehmann, Jr. |
President and Chief Operating Officer |
$ |
142,000 |
|
John Harrington |
Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer |
$ |
141,200 |
|
Laura Campbell |
Senior Vice President of Finance |
$ |
81,100 |
About Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATHX)
Athersys, Inc. is an international biotechnology company that is focused primarily in the field of regenerative medicine. The Company’s MultiStem cell therapy, an allogeneic stem cell product, is its lead platform product and is in later-stage clinical development. Its clinical development programs are focused on treating neurological conditions, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory and immune disorders, certain pulmonary conditions and other conditions where the standard of care is limited or inadequate for many patients. In the neurological area, the Company evaluated in a completed Phase II trial, the potential for MultiStem treatment of patients with a history of neurological damage from an ischemic stroke. The Company initiated a Phase II clinical study in the United States for the administration of MultiStem cell therapy to patients with a history of an acute myocardial infarction, or AMI.