All Cassava Sciences articles
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News BriefCassava Sciences settles with SEC for $40M over skewed Alzheimer’s drug data
A former Alzheimer’s researcher manipulated the results of a Cassava Sciences drug, with the pharmaceutical company and its former chief executive reaching a $40 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegedly misleading the public.
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ArticleThe Cassava Sciences saga: Short sellers, ‘gaming’ the FDA, and the damaging ripple effects
The Federal Drug Administration’s decision last month to deny a citizen petition on behalf of short sellers with positions in Cassava Sciences stock highlights the damage the commonly exploited regulatory process can have on a company, regardless of innocence or guilt.
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ArticleDOJ probe into shadowy underworld of short selling ‘long overdue’
A Department of Justice criminal investigation into illegal short selling is just the latest indication these schemes demand greater scrutiny that chief compliance officers and in-house counsel can no longer afford to ignore.
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ArticleCassava Sciences facing widening probe over short seller claims
The SEC has reportedly launched an investigation into Cassava Sciences regarding allegations made against the clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and its experimental Alzheimer’s drug by a law firm representing anonymous short sellers.