Dr. Benjamin F. McGraw III, Pharm.D. serves as Lead Independent Director of the Company. Dr. McGraw has served as Executive Chairman and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TheraVida, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, since 2011 and 2013, respectively. Dr. McGraw has also served as Executive Chairman of Auration Biotech, Inc., a private biotechnology company focused on regenerative therapies for ear, nose and throat diseases since 2014. Dr. McGraw has served as a board member and as Executive Chairman of Trefoil Therapeutics Inc., an early stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a regenerative approach to corneal endothelial dystrophies and other diseases since 2017 and 2018, respectively. Dr. McGraw has also served as a Managing Member of Long Shadows Asset Management, LLC, an advisory company. Previously, Dr. McGraw was Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Valentis, Inc., Corporate Vice President, Corporate Development at Allergan, Inc., and Vice President, Development at Marion Laboratories, Inc. and Marion Merrell Dow Inc. Dr. McGraw received his B.S. and his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, where he also completed a clinical practice residency.
As the Lead Independent Director of Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc, the total compensation of Benjamin McGraw at Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc is $354,246. There are 10 executives at Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc getting paid more, with Vicente Anido having the highest compensation of $5,529,670.
Benjamin McGraw is 71, he's been the Lead Independent Director of Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc since 2017. There are 2 older and 19 younger executives at Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc. The oldest executive at Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc is Gerald Cagle, 75, who is the Independent Director.
Benjamin'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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