Starboard's Jeff Smith called on the company to assemble a special committee to investigate the matter, describing it as "flagrantly unethical." Former Pfizer CEO Ian Read and ex-chief financial ...

See highlights from the 74-page slideshow Starboard presented to Pfizer at the meeting. Activist hedge fund manager Jeff Smith outlined his concerns about drugmaker Pfizer on Tuesday but stopped ...

Smith is also Starboard's chief investment officer. Sign up here. Starboard has built a $1 billion position in Pfizer, but had not previously detailed its concerns about the drugmaker. Smith met ...

Jeff Smith, Starboard’s chief executive, criticised Pfizer for what he said was its failure under the leadership of chief executive Albert Bourla to turn a $40bn bump in cash flow from its Covid ...

Starboard Value has taken a $1 billion stake in the drugmaker Pfizer. The hedge fund, headed by Jeff Smith, has become one of the most feared activist investors. Starboard has doubled its assets ...

Jeffrey Smith, who runs Starboard, pushed Pfizer's board on Thursday to set up a special committee to probe potential "coercive conduct" that may have prompted the two executives who had planned ...