J&J investor relations veep Mehrotra retires, Wolk steps up Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) said today its 10-year vice president of investor relations Louise Mehrotra will retire, effective January 2017, to be replaced by Joseph Wolk, effective August 1. Wolk previously served as vice president of group finance for Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceuticals deivision, and has […]
Cogentix Medical
Cogentix accedes to proxy war, ousts CEO Kill
Cogentix Medical (NSDQ:CGNT) said today it entered into a settlement agreement as a result of a proxy war through which its current board chair and CEO Robert Kill will resign, with COO Darin Hammers taking over as interim CEO. Along with Kill’s resignation, board directors Kevin Roche and Ken Paulus will also step down, with […]
Ex-Insulet chief DeSisto out before he’s in at MannKind | Personnel Moves
MannKind Corporation said today it withdrew an offer that would have made ex-Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) CEO Duane DeSisto its new CEO only 19 days after officially posting its offer to DeSisto. The offer was withdrawn as objections were raised by DeSisto’s former employer Insulet, who said the new position would violate its non-competition agreement, which will be […]
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Cogentix shifts Mass. manufacturing plant
Cogentix Medical (NSDQ:CGNT) said it plans to uproot a Massachusetts manufacturing facility and move it from Natick to nearby Westborough.