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Christopher G. Clement
President and Chief Executive Officer
Christopher G. Clement was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in July 2004 after joining us in May 2002 as President and Chief Operating Officer. From September 2000 until joining us, Mr. Clement served as CEO and Chairman of Epicyte Pharmaceutical, Inc. Prior to joining Epicyte, he held the positions of Executive Vice President and Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer at Ares-Serono Group. From 1988 to 1997, Mr. Clement held a number of senior management positions at Searle Pharmaceuticals, including Vice President of Marketing, Vice President of Corporate Product Planning, Vice President, General Manager of Global Franchises, and Division President. Mr. Clement also held management positions at Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals and Merck and Co. |
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Philip K. Yachmetz
Executive Vice President
and Chief Business Officer
Philip K. Yachmetz was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer in February 2006 after joining us in May 2004 as Senior Vice President — Corporate Strategy, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Yachmetz joined us from Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he held the position of Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from 2000 until 2004. From 1998 to 2000 he served as Senior Vice President, Business Development, General Counsel and Secretary at CytoTherapeutics, Inc. (now StemCells, Inc.). He also founded and served in 1997 to 1998 as Managing Director of Millennium Venture Management, LLC, a business consulting and advisory firm to the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and high technology industry. From 1989 to 1996, he held legal positions of increasing responsibility at Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Mr. Yachmetz is an attorney admitted to the bar in New Jersey and New York.
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Zebulun D. Horowitz, M.D
Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
Zeb Horowitz, M.D. joined us in March 2003 as Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer. Prior to joining us, Dr. Horowitz was an Executive Director in Global Clinical Research and Development, Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Novartis in 1996, he was Principal Scientist and Medical Director, New Drug Development at Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals from 1992 to 1996; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (Endocrinology) from 1989 to 1996; Section Chief and Consultant in Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism at Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1989 to 1996; Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Attending Physician, New York University School of Medicine — Bellevue Hospital Medical Center from 1983 to 1989, and Attending Physician in Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism at New Gouverneur Hospital in New York City from 1982 to 1984. He received his B.A. from Reed College in 1974, his M.D. in June 1978 from New York University School of Medicine and is a Diplomate, ABIM: Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism (1985), Diplomate, ABIM: Internal Medicine (1981) and Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners (1979).
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Brian J. Hayden
Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer
Brian J. Hayden joined us in July 2006 as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining us, Mr. Hayden was the Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Bone Care International, Inc. from 2003 to 2005. Prior to joining Bone Care, Mr. Hayden served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Cell Pathways, Inc. from 1997 to 2003. Mr. Hayden has also held financial management positions at Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. |
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Paul Hamelin, R.Ph.
Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations
Paul Hamelin joined us in May 2006 as Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations. From March 2006 until May 2006, Mr. Hamelin was Managing Director of Rosemont. From 2004 to 2005 Mr. Hamelin served as President and Chief Operating Officer at Algorx Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Algorx he held the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer of Elitra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2002 to 2004 and Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Operations at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2000 to 2002. Prior to Mr. Hamelin’s experience at specialty and biotech companies, for over 20 years he held senior management marketing, sales and commercial operations positions at several large pharmaceutical companies including Pharmacia/Searle, Abbott Labs and Eli Lilly. He is also a Registered Pharmacist.
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Robert Lamm, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President,
Quality & Regulatory Affairs
Robert Lamm, Ph.D. joined us in June 2002 as Vice President, Worldwide Quality Assurance and was appointed Senior Vice President, Quality and Regulatory Affairs in February 2006. Prior to joining Savient, Dr. Lamm was a Consultant at Quantic Consulting, Inc. from 2001 until 2002. Prior to that time, Dr. Lamm was employed by Carter-Wallace, Inc. from 1987 to 2001 in positions of increasing responsibility, the last three years as Vice-President of Corporate Quality Standards. From 1984 to 1987, Dr. Lamm worked at Bristol-Myers Squibb Corporation as Quality Section Head. Dr. Lamm received his Masters of Science and Ph.D. degrees from Rutgers University in 1981 and 1984, respectively. |
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