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Atossa Appoints Life Sciences Financial and Operations Industry Veteran Greg Weaver as Chief Financial Officer
SEATTLE, June 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atossa Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATOS), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative
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[{"type":"text","content":"SEATTLE, June 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atossa Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATOS), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative proprietary medicines to address significant unmet needs in oncology with a current focus on breast cancer, today announces the appointment of Greg Weaver as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Weaver succeeds Kyle Guse. A short video interview with Mr. Weaver about his background and vision for Atossa can be found here: https://youtu.be/G6ZzHLh-qsQ Mr. Weaver brings more than 30 years of life sciences, financial and operations experience to the Company. Recently, he served as CFO of privately held BioIntelliSense, a commercial stage med-tech company focused on remote patient monitoring. Before this, he was the CFO of atai Life Sciences (Nasdaq: ATAI), where he led a successful IPO, managed the acquisition of multiple mental health therapeutics assets, and raised more than $500 million to advance multiple clinical and discovery programs. In addition, Mr. Weaver previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELOX), where he led their reverse merger and Nasdaq listing. During his career, Mr. Weaver has managed M&A transactions involving oncology products, medical device technologies, and other biotech assets. Earlier in his career, Mr. Weaver held roles on the executive teams of several oncology-focused, public biotech companies, including ILEX Oncology, which was acquired by Genzyme in 2005, Celsion Corporation and Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He has been involved with development programs that led to multiple FDA approvals and product launches. In addition to serving on the Atossa board since 2013, Mr. Weaver is a director of Rejuveron Life Sciences and BioIntelliSense. He also serves on the not-for-profit board of HarborPath. He began his career as a CPA with Arthur Andersen. “We are excited to welcome Greg as our CFO and look forward to drawing from his broad experience leading biotech companies and partnering innovative products and programs within the biotechnology industry,” said Steven Quay, MD, PhD, Atossa’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Greg is a trusted colleague that I and other members of the Atossa board have had the pleasure of working alongside in previous board and management roles. Greg has served on ...