Eiger BioPharmaceuticals falls after CEO steps down
** Shares of therapy developer Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Inc
EIGR.O drop 9.3% to $1.17
** Company says David Cory has resigned as CEO, effective
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** Eiger names its Senior Clinical Advisor David Apelian as
interim CEO
** Shares of company plunged last week after it reported two
deaths in an end-stage study of its medication for Hepatitis
Delta Virus
** Including session's loss, stock down 77.6% YTD
(Reporting by Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru)
((Sourasis.bose@thomsonreuters.com))
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