 | John N. Kapoor, PhD Chairman Dr.Kapoor has been a Director of the Company since its formation in 1990 and has served as Chairman from 1990 to 2004 and from June 2006 to the present. Dr. Kapoor is the sole shareholder and President of EJ Financial Enterprises, Inc., a health care consulting and investment company. In addition, Dr. Kapoor serves as a director and Chairman of Akorn, Inc., a manufacturer, distributor and marketer of generic ophthalmic products and is a director of Introgen Therapeutics, Inc., a gene therapy company. Dr. Kapoor received a Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a B.S. in pharmacy from Bombay University, India. | Frank Becker Mr. Becker joined the Board in November 2004. Mr. Becker is currently the President and a partner at Greenfield Chemical, a pharmaceutical consulting and sourcing company, which he founded in January 1998. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Becker served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Sicor Pharmaceuticals, a maker of injectable pharmaceuticals. Mr. Becker is a partner in Southport Marina Development LLC, a firm operating Southport Marina in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Prior to the foregoing relationships, Mr. Becker spent over 35 years at Abbott Laboratories, most recently as Vice President of Process Research and Chemical Manufacturing. Mr. Becker also serves on the Board of Directors of Regis Technologies, a provider of synthesis and separation services. Mr. Becker received his MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University. | Bernard A. Fox, PhD Dr. Fox joined the Board in November 2004. Dr. Fox has been Chief of the Laboratory of Molecular and Tumor Immunology at the Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center, within the Earle A. Chiles Research Institute at the Providence Portland Medical Center in Portland, Oregon and, also, Associate Professor in the Departments of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Environmental & Biomolecular Systems at Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine in Portland, Oregon since 1994. Dr. Fox received his post-doctoral training as a Staff Fellow in the Surgery Branch, Division of Cancer Treatment, Clinical Oncology Program at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland from 1985 to 1987 and was a Senior Staff Fellow there from 1987 to 1990. Dr. Fox is also Vice President of The International Society for the Biological Therapy of Cancer, is a member of the scientific advisory board of the Biological Development Association (Europe), and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of UBIVAC LLC, a development stage biotechnology company. | Paul E. Freiman Mr.Freiman joined the Board in November 2004. Mr. Freiman is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Neurobiological Technologies, Inc., a biotechnology company, a post he has held since May 1997. Mr. Freiman served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Syntex Corporation, a pharmaceutical company, from 1990-1995. Mr. Freiman currently serves on the boards of Penwest Pharmaceutical Co., a pharmaceutical company, Calypte Biomedical Corporation, a developer of in vitro testing solutions, NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, and Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals Inc. Mr. Freiman has been chairman of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of America (PhRMA) and has also chaired a number of key PhRMA committees. Mr. Freiman holds a B.S. degree in pharmacy from Fordham University and an honorary doctorate from the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy. |
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