Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Michael W. Kalb as its Chief Financial Officer, effective on January 1, 2024. Mr. Kalb will report directly to the Company?s Chief Executive Officer and will serve as a member of the Company's executive leadership team. Mr. Kalb's distinguished career in finance spans over three decades in the pharmaceutical and financial services sector.

He succeeds Ms. Alicia Grande, who will retire from the Company at the end of this year. Mr. Kalb brings extensive financial expertise to Catalyst, backed by his distinguished career in senior financial leadership roles. Before joining the Company, Mr. Kalb served as Chief Financial Officer at Impel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CinCor Pharma, Inc. Further, Mr. Kalb served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Amarin Corporation plc, where he contributed to its significant revenue growth, increased market capitalization, and successfully led multiple financing rounds of varying sizes and structures.

Before his tenure at Amarin, Mr. Kalb served in several financial senior management positions at Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., including as Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and as a Director in the Accounting and Financial Consulting Group of Huron Consulting Group Inc. His experience also includes over ten years of public accounting experience, principally at Ernst and Young. Mr. Kalb holds a B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York at Albany, School of Business. Mr. Kalb is a certified public accountant.