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About Athira Pharma Inc. fka M3 Biotechnology
Athira Pharma Inc., formerly known as M3 Biotechnology, Inc., founded in 2011 by Leen Kawas, Joseph Harding, and John “Jay” Wright, and is a Bothel, Washington based late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company.
According to Athira’s marketing materials, the company is aiming to “restore neuronal health for those suffering from neurological diseases, including Alzheimer’s”. According to the company’s website, Athira’s main product is a drug called ATH-1017 which reportedly targets one of the brain’s repair mechanism called HGF/MET which can help improve brain health and function.
Between October 2014 and June 2020, M3 Biotechnology nka Athira Pharma filed ten Regulation D notices reporting private securities offerings. In August 2020, the company filed a Draft Registration Statement announcing Athira’s plans to organize its initial public offering (IPO).
On September 18, 2020, Athira Pharma filed a Prospectus offering 12,000,000 shares of common stock at $17.00 per share, The company also announced the approval to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ATHA.”
The ATHA Price Per Share Declined Following News About Leadership
In a June 17, 2021 press release, Athira announced its co-founder and CEO Leen Kawas was placed on temporary leave “pending a review of actions stemming from doctoral research Dr. Kawas conducted while at Washington State University”. Following the announcement, the ATHA shares fell by almost 39%, to close at $11.15 per share the next day. On July 6, 2021 the price per share, as reported by Google Market Summary, was $10.84.
According to information obtained by STAT News, Kawas’s leave was reportedly in connection to allegations of altered images in several papers authored by Kawas. Dr. Leen Kawas’s work was published on PubPeer, a platform used to discuss and critique academic articles. The comments on PubPeer suggested that images in the papers could have been manipulated.
Kawas would be a second co-founder to step away from the company after Joseph Harding resigned from board of directors in August 2020.
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