Zevra Therapeutics Management

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We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

Neil McFarlane

Chief executive officer

US$3.4m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	4.6%
CEO tenure	1.1yrs
CEO ownership	n/a
Management average tenure	1.8yrs
Board average tenure	1.6yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Neil McFarlane's remuneration changed compared to Zevra Therapeutics's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	-US$90m
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	-US$67m
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	-US$49m
Dec 31 2023	US$3m	US$158k	-US$46m

Compensation vs Market: Neil's total compensation ($USD3.45M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.03M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Neil's compensation with company performance.

CEO

Neil McFarlane (51 yo)

1.1yrs

Tenure

US$3,445,231

Compensation

Mr. Neil F. McFarlane serves as President & Chief Executive Officer at Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. since October 10, 2023 and serves as its Director since October 9, 2023. He served as Independent Director at...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Neil McFarlane	President	1.1yrs	US$3.45m	no data
Christal M. Mickle	Co-Founder & Chief Development Officer	no data	US$1.67m	0.051% € 246.5k
R. Clifton	CFO, Secretary & Treasurer	9.4yrs	US$2.26m	0.035% € 167.3k
Joshua Schafer	Chief Commercial Officer & Executive VP of Business Development	1.8yrs	US$1.82m	0.0066% € 31.7k
Sven Guenther	Chief Scientific Officer	1.8yrs	US$1.08m	0.0051% € 24.8k
Nichol Ochsner	Vice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications	2.3yrs	no data	no data
Rahsaan Thompson	Chief Legal Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Alison Peters	Chief People Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Christopher Lauderback	Senior Vice President of Manufacturing	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Rene Braeckman	Senior Vice President of Clinical Development	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Daniel Gallo	Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs & Advocacy	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Adrian Quartel	Chief Medical Officer	less than a year	no data	no data

1.8yrs

Average Tenure

52yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 1GDA's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Neil McFarlane	President	1.1yrs	US$3.45m	no data
Wendy Dixon	Independent Director	1.6yrs	US$274.00k	0% € 0
Douglas Calder	Independent Director	1.6yrs	US$258.02k	0% € 0
Tamara Favorito	Independent Chair	3.3yrs	US$324.39k	0.0014% € 6.5k
Donald Jasinski	Member of Scientific and Medical Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data
John Bode	Independent Director	1.6yrs	US$264.31k	0.056% € 271.8k
Corey Watton	Independent Director	1.6yrs	US$260.67k	0.0028% € 13.6k
Barney Bishop	Chairman of Scientific and Medical Advisory Board	17.8yrs	no data	no data
Robert Findling	Member of Scientific & Medical Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data
Jeffrey Gudin	Co-Chair of Physician Advisory Council	11.1yrs	no data	no data
Srinivas Nalamachu	Co-Chair of Physician Advisory Council	11.1yrs	no data	no data
Thomas Anderson	Independent Director	1.3yrs	US$243.04k	0.037% € 181.2k

1.6yrs

Average Tenure

58yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 1GDA's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.6 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Zevra Therapeutics Management

Management criteria checks 0/4

Key information

Recent management updates

High number of new directors

Independent Director recently bought €54k worth of stock

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Expands Executive Leadership Team

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 13, 2024

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Appoints Alvin Shih to the Board of Directors

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Executive Changes

Recent updates

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Announces U.S. Commercial Availability of MIPLYFFA for Treatment of Niemann-Pick Disease Type C

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: US$0.69 loss per share (vs US$0.40 loss in 3Q 2023)

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Nov 12, 2024

High number of new directors

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: US$0.48 loss per share (vs US$0.15 loss in 2Q 2023)

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of $60.000005 million.

New major risk - Shareholder dilution

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Announces FDA Advisory Committee Votes Favorably that the Data Support Arimoclomol as Effective Treatment for Patients with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Aug 13, 2024

Independent Director recently bought €54k worth of stock

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of $75 million.

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Expands Executive Leadership Team

Zevra Therapeutics Announces Positive Final Results from Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Kp1077 for Idiopathic Hypersomnia At Sleep 2024 Annual Meeting

First quarter 2024 earnings released: US$0.40 loss per share (vs US$0.34 loss in 1Q 2023)

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 08, 2024

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 13, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings released: US$1.30 loss per share (vs US$1.21 loss in FY 2022)

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Top-Line Data from the Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Kp1077 for Idiopathic Hypersomnia

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Mar 28, 2024

Forecast breakeven date pushed back to 2026

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Appoints Alvin Shih to the Board of Directors

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Receives FDA Acceptance of Resubmission of NDA for Arimoclomol as a Treatment for Niemann-Pick Disease Type C

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Resubmission of Arimoclomol New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

No longer forecast to breakeven

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 07, 2023

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Executive Changes

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Presents Full Data Set on the Cardiovascular Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Sdx, the Sole Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient in Kp1077, in Healthy Volunteers At Psych Congress 2023

New minor risk - Profitability

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ZVRA) entered into definitive Agreement to acquire Acer Therapeutics Inc. (NasdaqCM:ACER) for $91 million.

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.15 loss per share (vs US$0.70 loss in 2Q 2022)

No longer forecast to breakeven

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Board Changes

High number of new directors

First quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.34 loss per share (vs US$0.054 loss in 1Q 2022)

Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Change of CEO, Effective June 1, 2023

Full year 2022 earnings released: US$1.21 loss per share (vs US$2.11 loss in FY 2021)

KemPharm, Inc. Appoints Daniel Gallo as Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs and Advocacy

KemPharm, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Apr 25, 2023

KemPharm, Inc. Announces Promotion of Sven Guenther to Chief Scientific Officer and Christal Mickle to Chief Product Development Officer

KemPharm, Inc. Appoints Richard W. Pascoe, as Chief Executive Officer

KemPharm Announces Initiation of Phase 2 Clinical Trial Investigating KP1077 for the Treatment of Idiopathic Hypersomnia (IH)

KemPharm, Inc. Appoints Christopher Posner as New Independent Director

KemPharm, Inc. Announces That the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (The FDA) Grants the Orphan Drug Designation to Serdexmethylphenidate

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.19 loss per share (vs US$0.05 loss in 3Q 2021)

No longer forecast to breakeven

No longer forecast to breakeven

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.19 loss per share (vs US$0.05 loss in 3Q 2021)

Kempharm Announces Positive Topline Data from Phase 1 Clinical Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Safety of Serdexmethylphenidate (Sdx)

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.70 loss per share (vs US$0.40 loss in 2Q 2021)

Forecast breakeven date pushed back to 2024

KemPharm, Inc.(NasdaqGS:KMPH) dropped from Russell Microcap Value Index

First quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.054 loss per share (vs US$2.49 loss in 1Q 2021)

KemPharm, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 28, 2022

KemPharm, Inc. Announces Submission of Investigational New Drug Application for Phase 2 Trial of KP1077 in Idiopathic Hypersomnia (IH)

Forecast breakeven date pushed back to 2023

Kempharm, Inc. Doses First Subject in Phase 1 Clinical Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Safety of Serdexmethylphenidate

Forecast breakeven date pushed back to 2023

Full year 2021 earnings released: US$2.11 loss per share (vs US$3.21 loss in FY 2020)

KemPharm, Inc. Completes KP1077 Pre-IND Meeting Process with FDA

KemPharm, Inc. (NasdaqGS:KMPH) announces an Equity Buyback for $50 million worth of its shares.

Kempharm, Inc. Announces Top-Line Results from Clinical Trial Evaluating the Safety and Pharmacokinetics of “Higher-Dose Sdx”

Forecast to breakeven in 2022

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: US$0.05 loss per share (vs US$0.68 loss in 3Q 2020)

Forecast breakeven pushed back to 2023

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: US$0.37 loss per share (vs US$0.21 profit in 2Q 2020)

KemPharm Announces U.S. Launch of Innovative ADHD Treatment AZSTARYS™ (serdexmethylphenidate and dexmethylphenidate capsules) by Corium, Inc

Forecast breakeven pushed back to 2022

Forecast breakeven pushed back to 2022