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Second Sight Medical Products Names Scott Dunbar Acting CEO
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYES) (the "Company" or “Second Sight”), a leading developer and marketer of
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[{"type":"text","content":" LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nSecond Sight Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYES) (the \"Company\" or “Second Sight”), a leading developer and marketer of implantable visual prosthetics that are intended to create an artificial form of useful vision for blind individuals, today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has named Scott Dunbar to replace Matthew Pfeffer as acting Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). Under Nasdaq rules, an independent director may temporarily be named acting CEO, but such service cannot continue for more than one year. Accordingly, Mr. Pfeffer has relinquished the role of acting CEO but will remain on the Board as an independent director. Scott Dunbar, Senior Patent Counsel and Compliance Officer, has served the Company for 19 years.\n\n“I want to thank Matt for his leadership during this past year,” said Gregg Williams, Chairman of the Board. “Our focus remains on advancing the Orion program toward providing useful vision to the blind, and I look forward to working with Scott as we pursue that goal,” concluded Williams.\n\nAbout Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.\n\nSecond Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: EYES) develops and markets implantable visual prosthetics that are intended to deliver useful artificial vision to blind individuals. A recognized global leader in neuromodulation devices for blindness, the Company is committed to developing new technologies to treat the broadest population of sight-impaired individuals. The Company’s headquarters are in Los Angeles, California. More information is available at https://secondsight.com.\n\nSafe Harbor\n\nThis press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as: “target,” “believe,” “expect,” “will,” “may,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “would,” “positioned,” “future,” and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements made in this press release regarding the use of proceeds from the private placement. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are base...