Professor, I have to agree with Cathy something does not add up. He is taking a bashing to get this deal through. Is sitting on information CV patents, did an about face on analysis of Libigel.
In reality he has been with the company for 15 + years that alone would normally entitle him to 15 months severance and bonus etc.. I will have to look at it again but he appears to have been getting an extra 9 months of severance in the parachute.
There has to be more to it then just greed.
He is listed as one of the inventors of Libigel. If Libigel is like his child he will do everything he can to get it to succeed as we would for our kids.
Let us assume for a minute that greed is not the prime motivator here what would push him to do what he has to his reputation. The promise of Libigel being taken to market? That would make him as the inventor proud.