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Securities

Jan. 11, 2023

Pomerantz asks to lead securities class action over COVID drug

Jennifer Pafiti, a partner at Pomerantz’s Los Angeles office, argued In the motion filed Monday in federal court in San Francisco that the financial losses incurred by her client, George Fareed, merit the firm being named lead counsel, and Fareed lead plaintiff. The defendants are Eiger Biopharmaceuticals Inc., Chief financial Officer Sriram Ryali, and former CEO David A. Cory.

Pomerantz LLP has asked to be named lead counsel in a securities class action against a pharmaceutical company and two of its executives accused of misrepresenting the potential for FDA authorization of one a COVID-19 treatments, leading to a plunge in stock value.

Jennifer Pafiti, a partner at Pomerantz’s Los Angeles office, argued In the motion filed Monday in federal court in San Francisco that the financial losses incurred by her clien...

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