RxSight, Inc. Announce Appointments to Its Board of Directors
August 11, 2021 at 09:26 am EDT
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RxSight, Inc. announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors effective as of the closing of the Company's initial public offering on August 3, 2021. The three appointments, including Robert (Bob) Palmisano, Robert Warner and Julie Andrews, joined directors J. Andy Corley, William J. Link, Ph.D., Juliet Tammenoms Bakker and Ron M. Kurtz, M.D. Concurrent with the new appointments, the Company announced the resignations of four long-serving board members Bruce Robertson, Ph.D., Daniel Schwartz, M.D., Christopher Cox, and Rick Wolfen. Mr. Palmisano served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wright Medical Group, Inc. from 2011 to 2020, ev3 Inc. from 2008 to 2010, IntraLase Corp. from 2003 to 2007, and Summit Technology Inc. from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Palmisano serves as Chairman of the Board of Priveterra Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: PMGMU) and previously served as the Chairman of the Board of Avedro, Inc., and on the boards of directors of Wright Medical Group Inc., ev3 Inc., IntraLase Corp., Osteotech, Inc. and Abbott Medical Optics, Inc., all publicly held companies, and Bausch &Lomb, a privately held company. Mr. Warner served as President and General Manager of Alcon Vision Care Franchise from 2015 to 2018 and as President, Alcon U.S., and Canada from 2012 to 2015. Ms. Andrews served as Senior Vice President, Global Finance, as Chief Accounting Officer and in other leadership roles at Wright Medical Group, Inc. from 2012 to 2020.
RxSight, Inc. is a commercial-stage medical technology company, which is engaged in improving the vision of patients following cataract surgery. The Companyâs RxSight Light Adjustable Lens system (RxSight system) is a cataract technology that enables doctors to customize and optimize visual acuity for patients after surgery. The RxSight system includes the RxSight Light Adjustable Lens (LAL), the RxSight Light Delivery Device (LDD), and various accessories. Its LAL is an intraocular lens (IOL) made of photosensitive material that changes shape in response to specific patterns of ultraviolet (UV) light generated by its LDD. It designed its RxSight system to address the shortcomings of competitive IOL technologies and provide a solution that doctors can trust to improve visual outcomes. Its RxSight system helps the surgeon perform a standard cataract procedure to implant the LAL and then uses the LDD to modify the lens with the visual correction needed for the patientâs vision outcomes.