Dr. Peter J. McDonnell M.D. serves as Director of the Company. Dr. McDonnell has served as the William Holland Wilmer Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the largest ophthalmology department in the country, since 2003. A board-certified ophthalmologist and specialist in corneal disease and surgery, Dr. McDonnell is an international leader in corneal transplantation, laser refractive surgery and the treatment of dry eye. He has published over 250 scientific articles and holds ten patents. A member of many professional ophthalmology and medical societies, Dr. McDonnell has been the Chief Medical Editor of Ophthalmology Times since 2004 and has also served on the editorial boards of numerous ophthalmology journals. He also serves as the Immediate Past President and director of the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research and the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research and is Vice President of the Pan-American Ophthalmological Association, the second largest professional organization of ophthalmologists in the world.
Peter McDonnell is 62, he's been the Director of Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc since 2020. There are 9 older and 10 younger executives at Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc. The oldest executive at Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc is Gerald Cagle, 75, who is the Independent Director.
Peter's mailing address filed with the SEC is C/O AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 4301 EMPEROR BLVD., SUITE 400, DURHAM, NC, 27703.
Over the last 11 years, insiders at Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc have traded over $194,685,628 worth of Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc stock and bought 2,240,245 units worth $39,233,665 . The most active insiders traders include Group Holdings (Sbs) Adviso..., Anand Mehra a Capital Management Ii, Llc .... On average, Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc executives and independent directors trade stock every 45 days with the average trade being worth of $2,718,618. The most recent stock trade was executed by Casey C. Kopczynski on 15 February 2021, trading 60,651 units of AERI stock currently worth $12,130.
Aerie is an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of first-in-class therapies for the treatment of patients with open-angle glaucoma, ocular surface diseases and retinal diseases. Aerie's first product, Rhopressa® (netarsudil ophthalmic solution) 0.02%, a once-daily eye drop approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the reduction of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, was launched in the United States in April 2018. In clinical trials of Rhopressa®, the most common adverse reactions were conjunctival hyperemia, corneal verticillata, instillation site pain, and conjunctival hemorrhage. Aerie's second product for the reduction of elevated IOP in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, Rocklatan® (netarsudil and latanoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.02%/0.005%, the first and only fixed-dose combination of Rhopressa® and the widely-prescribed PGA (prostaglandin analog) latanoprost, was launched in the United States in May 2019. In clinical trials of Rocklatan®, the most common adverse reactions were conjunctival hyperemia, corneal verticillata, instillation site pain, and conjunctival hemorrhage. Aerie continues to focus on global expansion and the development of additional product candidates and technologies in ophthalmology, including for wet age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema.
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