Cassava Sciences (SAVA) has agreed to pay a $40 million fine to settle charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over allegedly misleading statements about the results of its 2020 mid-stage study of simufilam for Alzheimer's disease. Despite settling, the company did not admit to or deny the SEC's allegations. The SEC also brought charges against two former senior executives, including founder and ex-CEO Remi Barbier and former senior vice president of Neuroscience, Dr. Lindsay Burns. T ...