UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

November 13, 2018

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

INVIVO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

One Kendall Square, Suite B14402

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(617) 863-5500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On November 13, 2018, Jeffrey Modestino informed InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) that his consulting engagement with the Company will terminate effective November 23, 2018. Mr. Modestino has served as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of the Company since May 2018.  On November 15, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Richard Toselli, M.D., the Company’s current Chief Executive Officer, to also serve as its principal financial officer effective as of November 23, 2018.

 

Dr. Toselli, 61, has served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer since February 2018 and served as the Company’s Acting Chief Executive Officer from December 2017 to February 2018. He also serves as the Company's Chief Medical Officer, a role he has held since July 2017.  Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Toselli served as the Chief Medical Officer for Cochlear Limited, a medical device company, from June 2016 until March 2017. Prior to that, Dr. Toselli served at Sanofi, a pharmaceutical company, from July 2012 to June 2016 in various levels of increasing responsibility, including Vice President of Global Medical Affairs - Immunology and Inflammation, Biologics Division; Vice President of Global Medical Affairs and Head of the Biosurgery Discovery Performance Unit; and Vice President of Global Medical Affairs, Biosurgery.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.