NAVIDEA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: NAVB), a biopharmaceutical company focused on precision diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, today announced the results of voting at its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting) held July 17, 2014. Approximately 79 percent of outstanding shares were represented at the meeting.
At the Annual Meeting, Navidea’s stockholders:
- Elected Michael M. Goldberg M.D. to the Navidea Board of Directors to serve for a term of three years;
- Voted in support of the Board-sponsored proposal to approve the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan;
- Approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and,
- Ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP to act as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.
The final results are subject to verification by the independent election inspectors and will be reported in a Form 8-K to be filed by Navidea with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the next few days.
Following the formal business portion of the Annual Meeting, Dr. Michael Goldberg, Navidea Interim CEO, and other members of the Navidea executive team made a series of presentations to stockholders in attendance at the Annual Meeting, including overviews on the following:
- Lymphoseek® (technetium Tc-99m tilmanocept) Injection U.S. commercialization, label expansion and global partnering activities;
- Manocept™ CD206 targeting platform update, including a discussion of the new R-NAV venture; and,
- Neurodegenerative pipeline development status.
About Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc.
Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: NAVB) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of precision diagnostics and radiopharmaceutical agents. Navidea is developing multiple precision diagnostic products and platforms, including Manocept™, NAV4694, NAV5001, and NAV1800 (RIGScan™), to help identify the sites and pathways of undetected disease and enable better diagnostic accuracy, clinical decision-making and, ultimately, patient care. Lymphoseek® (technetium Tc-99m tilmanocept) Injection, Navidea’s first commercial product from the Manocept platform, was approved by the FDA in March 2013. For more information, please visit www.navidea.com.
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