Board of Directors Committee Composition
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John F. Crowley
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Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Mr. Crowley presently serves as the Chairman and CEO of Amicus. Previously he was founding president and CEO of Orexigen Therapeutics. Preceding Orexigen, Mr. Crowley was senior vice president at Genzyme Therapeutics, a position he assumed after overseeing the sale of Novazyme Pharmaceuticals to Genzyme in September 2001. Mr. Crowley was the founding president and CEO of Novazyme, a company that was developing a novel treatment for Pompe disease. He previously served in several senior management roles with the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS). Preceding his experience at BMS, Mr. Crowley worked as a business strategy consultant for Marakon Associates. Mr. Crowley began his professional career as a litigation associate in the Health Care Practice Group of the Indianapolis-based law firm of Bingham, Summers, Welsh & Spilman. |
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Donald J. Hayden , Jr.
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Lead Independent Director From 1981-2006, Mr. Hayden had a highly-successful 25 year career in pharmaceuticals and related health care businesses with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Since March of 2006, Mr. Hayden has held key leadership roles at several venture-stage pharmaceutical and biotech companies. |
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| Sol J. Barer Ph.D. | |||
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Chief Executive Officer, Celgene Corporation Dr. Barer has been Chief Executive Officer of Celgene Corporation since May 1, 2006 and Chairman since January 1, 2007. He was appointed President of Celgene in 1993, Chief Operating Officer and Director in 1994 and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Science and Technology, and Vice President/ General Manager, Chiral Products, from 1991 to 1994, and the Vice President, Technology, from 1987 to 1991. Dr. Barer is on the Board of Trustees of Rutgers University, Board of Directors of PhRMA, serves on the Board of Trustees of the Biotechnology Council of New Jersey and is on the Board of the Brooklyn College Foundation. He has previously served as a Commissioner of the NJ Commission on Science and Technology. Dr. Barer received a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Rutgers University. |
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| Alexander Barkas , Ph.D. | |||
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Managing Director, Prospect Venture Partners Dr. Barkas joined our board of directors in 2004. Dr. Barkas is a Managing Director of Prospect Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. Prior to co-founding Prospect Venture Partners I, II and III, he was a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers from 1991 to 1997, where he focused on healthcare product company investments. Prior to Kleiner Perkins, Dr. Barkas was a founder and CEO of BioBridge Associates, a health care industry consulting firm. Dr. Barkas is currently Chairman of the Board of Geron Corporation and Tercica, Inc., and serves on the board of directors of Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. and several private life science companies. Dr. Barkas received a Ph.D. in biology from New York University and a B.A. in Biology from Brandeis University, where he currently is Chairman of the University Science Advisory Council and serves on the Board of Trustees. |
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| James Barrett Ph.D. | |||
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General Partner, New Enterprise Associates Dr. Barrett joined our board of directors in August 2009. Dr. Barrett currently serves as General Partner of New Enterprise Associates (NEA) where he specializes in biotechnology and works with members of NEA's healthcare investment group on medical devices, healthcare information systems and healthcare services companies. Prior to joining NEA in 2001, Dr. Barrett served as Founder, Chairman and CEO of Sensors for Medicine and Science (1997 - 2001) where he remains Chairman. Prior to that, he led three NEA-funded companies, serving as Chairman and CEO of Genetic Therapy, Inc. (1987 - 1995), President and CEO of Life Technologies (1985 - 1987), and President and CEO of Bethesda Research Labs (1982 - 1983). He currently serves on the Board of Directors for several life sciences companies including Inhibitex, Inc. (NASDAQ: INHX) and Targacept, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRGT). Dr. Barrett received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the University of Tennessee, his MBA from the University of Santa Clara, and a BS in Chemistry from Boston College. |
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| Margaret G. McGlynn R.Ph. | |||
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Margaret McGlynn recently retired from Merck & Co., Inc. after more than 26 years of service. Her most recent role was President of Merck Vaccines and Infectious Diseases from 2005 through November 2009. McGlynn joined Merck in 1983 and served in a variety of marketing, sales and managed care roles. McGlynn serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Air Products and Chemicals. She is also a member of the National Industrial Advisory Committee at the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and recently served as a member of the Global Alliance for Vaccine Immunization (GAVI) Board and Executive Committee. |
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| P. Sherrill Neff | |||
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Founding Partner, Quaker BioVentures Mr. Neff has served as a member of the board of directors since 2005. He is a founding partner of Quaker BioVentures, a $280 million Mid-Atlantic life sciences venture capital firm. Mr. Neff is well regarded in the biopharmaceutical industry, is a previous Chairman of the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group, and previous President of the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association. He sits on the following boards of directors: Amicus Therapeutics, BioRexis Pharmaceuticals, Biolex, Medmark, Regado Biosciences, Resource Capital Corporation, Greater Philadelphia Venture Group, University City Science Center, the Biotechnology Institute, and the Policy Board of WXPN at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also serving as Chairman of the Venture Capital Committee for the Biotechnology Industry Organization's 2005 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. |
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| Michael G. Raab | |||
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Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Ardelyx Mr. Raab has been Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Ardelyx since March 2009. He previously was a partner at NEA from 2002 and specialized in healthcare investments focusing on biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. Mr. Raab is also a member of the Healthcare Advisory Board of the Entrepreneurs Foundation and is a member of the Life Sciences Advisory Board for Silicon Valley Bank. |
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| Glenn Sblendorio | |||
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Chief Financial Officer, The Medicines Company Mr. Sblendorio joins the Amicus Board of Directors as the financial expert and will act as Chair of the audit committee. He currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for The Medicines Company. Prior to joining The Medicines Company, Mr. Sblendorio was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Eyetech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. until it was acquired by OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in November 2005. From July 2000 to February 2002, Mr. Sblendorio served as Senior Vice President of Business Development for The Medicines Company. From 1998 to July 2000, Mr. Sblendorio was the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of MPM Capital Advisors, LLC, an investment bank specializing in healthcare related transactions. Mr. Sblendorio's pharmaceutical experience also includes 12 years at Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, in a variety of senior financial positions, including Chief Financial Officer of Roche Molecular Systems and Head of Finance-Controller for Amgen/Roche Europe. Mr. Sblendorio is also Chairman of NuLens Ltd., a medical device company that develops and manufactures intra-ocular lenses. |
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| James N. Topper M.D., Ph.D. | |||
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General Partner, Frazier Healthcare Dr. Topper has served as a member of the board of directors since 2004. He joined Frazier Healthcare in August 2003. He previously served as head of the cardiovascular research and development franchise at Millennium Pharmaceuticals and ran Millennium San Francisco (formerly COR Therapeutics). Prior to the merger of COR and Millennium, Dr. Topper served as the VP of Biology at COR, and was responsible for managing all of its research activities. He has served on the faculties of Stanford Medical School and Harvard Medical School prior to joining COR, where he functioned as a clinician, instructor and basic investigator. |
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