John W. LaRocca Esq. serves as General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Company. From March 2015 through January 2018, Mr. LaRocca served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. From December 2005 through December 2012, Mr. LaRocca was Chief Legal Officer for the Americas for Actavis Inc. and from January 2013 through December 2014, was Deputy General Counsel for Actavis plc. Prior to such time, Mr. LaRocca served as Divisional Counsel-US Generics for both Purepac Pharmaceuticals and Alpharma Pharmaceuticals from September 2000 through December 2005. Previously, Mr. LaRocca practiced corporate and commercial law in New York with Parker Duryee Rosoff & Haft; Christie & Viener; and Webster & Sheffield. Mr. LaRocca received his B.A. from Columbia College and his J.D. from Columbia Law School.
As the General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc, the total compensation of John LaRocca at Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc is $2,524,360. There are 2 executives at Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc getting paid more, with Vicente Anido having the highest compensation of $5,529,670.
John LaRocca is 55, he's been the General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc since 2018. There are 16 older and 4 younger executives at Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc. The oldest executive at Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc is Gerald Cagle, 75, who is the Independent Director.
John's mailing address filed with the SEC is C/O AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 4301 EMPEROR BLVD., SUITE 400, DURHAM, NC, 27703.
Over the last 11 years, insiders at Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc have traded over $194,685,628 worth of Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc stock and bought 2,240,245 units worth $39,233,665 . The most active insiders traders include Group Holdings (Sbs) Adviso..., Anand Mehra oraz Capital Management Ii, Llc .... On average, Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc executives and independent directors trade stock every 45 days with the average trade being worth of $2,718,618. The most recent stock trade was executed by Casey C. Kopczynski on 15 February 2021, trading 60,651 units of AERI stock currently worth $12,130.
Aerie is an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of first-in-class therapies for the treatment of patients with open-angle glaucoma, ocular surface diseases and retinal diseases. Aerie's first product, Rhopressa® (netarsudil ophthalmic solution) 0.02%, a once-daily eye drop approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the reduction of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, was launched in the United States in April 2018. In clinical trials of Rhopressa®, the most common adverse reactions were conjunctival hyperemia, corneal verticillata, instillation site pain, and conjunctival hemorrhage. Aerie's second product for the reduction of elevated IOP in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, Rocklatan® (netarsudil and latanoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.02%/0.005%, the first and only fixed-dose combination of Rhopressa® and the widely-prescribed PGA (prostaglandin analog) latanoprost, was launched in the United States in May 2019. In clinical trials of Rocklatan®, the most common adverse reactions were conjunctival hyperemia, corneal verticillata, instillation site pain, and conjunctival hemorrhage. Aerie continues to focus on global expansion and the development of additional product candidates and technologies in ophthalmology, including for wet age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema.
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