Before filing financial statements with the U.S. SEC, public companies will need to think about how their business has been impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and, perhaps, update filings they’ve already submitted.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission has issued draft rules to permit U.S. auditors to examine U.S.-listed Chinese companies on April 2, 2022, following a provisional list by the U.S. SEC. The draft rules specified the requirement for the overseas-listed companies and relevant securities service providers to disclose confidential materials in overseas offerings and listing.
If the U.S. SEC adopts a rule it proposed March 21, all public companies registered with the regulator, including biopharma and med-tech firms, will have to add disclosures about climate change to their other reporting obligations.
Three U.S.-listed China-based biopharmas were among five companies named this week by the U.S. SEC for reportedly failing to submit necessary accounting reports under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA).
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a provisional list of five U.S.-listed Chinese companies that reportedly failed to submit necessary accounting reports required under Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. The list included three biopharmas: Beigene Ltd., Hutchmed Ltd., and Zai Lab Ltd.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a provisional list of five U.S.-listed Chinese companies that reportedly failed to submit necessary accounting reports required under Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. The list included three biopharmas: Beigene Ltd., Hutchmed Ltd., and Zai Lab Ltd.
Three U.S.-listed China-based biopharmas were among five companies named this week by the U.S. SEC for reportedly failing to submit necessary accounting reports under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA).
If the U.S. SEC goes forward with amendments it proposed March 9 to enhance and standardize cybersecurity-related disclosures, public biopharma and med-tech companies will have more reporting to do.
John-Michael Havrilla, formerly the director of investor relations at Pavmed, has agreed to pay $160,000 in civil penalties over allegations he used inside knowledge of an impending earnings report to help himself to $80,000 in ill-gained profits, a sure sign the SEC is not ignoring med-tech firms in its pursuit of insider trading charges.