Emisphere Announces Executive Management Changes
Tuesday January 16, 8:00 am ET
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Emisphere Technologies, Inc. ("Emisphere", Nasdaq: EMIS) today announced that Michael M. Goldberg, M.D. Emisphere's Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, and member of the board, has been terminated as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, effective January 16, 2007. Emisphere will seek to replace Dr. Goldberg as a member of the Board at its next annual meeting of stockholders.
Emisphere's Board of Directors has begun searching for a permanent CEO. Candidates both inside and outside Emisphere are being considered. Lewis H. Bender, a 13-year veteran of the Company and current Senior Vice President of Business Development, will act as interim CEO while Emisphere conducts its search for a permanent CEO. |
