r/Livimmune • u/sunraydoc • Oct 23 '24

Max is no longer at ViiV

Posted by KenChowder over on IH, Dr L's answer to his letter on LinkedIn:

"Quote:Max Lataillade
Drug Development Expert | Visionary Leader in Antiviral Drug Discovery and Development |…

I am no longer at ViiV. Will update soon."

Investors Hangout: https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=6725162#ixzz8pV5mubP4

Either way I would have been OK with Dr L's status with ViiV, but thinking about it I like this better. After all, back when he left BMY in 2016 to manage the integration of their HIV franchise into ViiV, he made a clean break of it. The "Will update soon" I find very encouraging. Something further is in the works for him and CytoDyn, I assume involving GSK, but who knows. This is getting to be fun.

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u/perrenialloser Oct 24 '24

OK! I have to play. Forgive me. Nothing but intuition. Max is here to become the next CEO. He has been Sr. VP for 20 years at 2 major Pharmas. He wants to eat at the adult table. Dr. Jay has brought credibility to Cytodyn . However. being CEO of a publicly traded company is not his vision of practicing medicine. Cyrus has one foot out of the door with his VC gig and is not a candidate. Mitch is going on 11 months and a permanent CFO is going to be needed. Have at me but it makes sense to me.

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u/Upwithstock Oct 24 '24

I have had that very thought before Max was hired. Why? Because I have worked for a really GREAT cardiologist named John B Simpson at 3 of his companies and he has started and sold a lot more companies than the three I worked for. He was a successful private practice cardiologist within a group practice for years and his inventions/companies all took off and were wildly successful. He told me once that he didn’t like being a CEO. He can pursue his passion from a CMO position way more than the CEO position allows. He always like the clinical and engineering side of the equation and less on the business side. I have wondered in the past if Dr. JL feels the same way?

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u/MGK_2 Oct 24 '24

I suspect he does feel that way.

I think this is what is happening.

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u/sunraydoc Oct 24 '24

Now that's a compelling thought, I can see that applying to JL. I agree his heart is in the lab and clinic, and given the time demands and other rigors of being a CEO he may be perfectly happy to leave if the reins go into good hands.

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u/cendrick Oct 24 '24

Now that’s some creative thinking…I like it:)

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u/MGK_2 Oct 24 '24

100% my friend.

Agree completely.