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Saturday, December 17, 2005 2:19:13 PM
Management Team and Key Personnel
Geoffrey Allan, Ph.D . – age 51. Dr. Allan has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since our inception in November 1999. Dr. Allan has been President and a director of Insmed Pharmaceuticals Inc., our predecessor, since January 1994 and has 24 years of experience in pharmaceutical drug development. Prior to joining Insmed Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Allan served as Vice President, Drug Development at Whitby Research, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. Before his association with Whitby Research, Dr. Allan was the Head of the Cardiovascular Section at Wellcome Research Laboratories. Dr. Allan received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Cornell University Medical College.
Graham K. Crooke, MB.BS – age 46. Dr. Crooke has been a director of Insmed since our inception in November 1999 and of Insmed Pharmaceuticals since 1996. In April 2000, Dr. Crooke became a partner of Asset Management Company, a venture capital firm focusing on investments in early stage information technology and life sciences companies. Previously, from September 1997 through March 2000, Dr. Crooke was a partner at Ticonderoga Capital, a venture capital firm, where he focused on biotechnology and healthcare service investments. From April 1992 until September 1997, Dr. Crooke was a vice president of Dillon Read Venture Capital, a venture capital firm and predecessor to Ticonderoga. Prior to that, Dr. Crooke worked with the healthcare practice of Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., a management consulting firm, was a product manager at Molecular Devices Corporation, a developer of bioanalytical measurement systems, and, from 1984 to 1986, practiced medicine at major teaching hospitals in Western Australia. He received his medical degree from the University of Western Australia and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Melvin Sharoky, M. D. – age 54. Dr. Sharoky has been a director of Insmed since his election on May 16, 2001. Since January 1, 2002, he has been President and CEO of Somerset Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a research and development pharmaceutical company which markets Eldepryl ® for the treatment of patients with late stage Parkinson’s disease having previously served as President of Somerset Pharmaceuticals from July 1995 to June 30, 2001. From June 30, 2001 to January 1, 2002, Dr. Sharoky was retired. From July 1995 through January 1998, Dr. Sharoky was President of Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, and from February 1993 to January 1998 he was also President and Chief Executive Officer of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Circa Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which develops, manufactures and markets solid dosage generic pharmaceutical products to wholesale distributors. Dr. Sharoky joined Circa Pharmaceuticals in July 1988 as Medical Director, served as Senior Vice President and Director of Research and Development from April 1991 to August 1992, and as Executive Vice President and Director of Research and Development from August 1992 to January 1993. Prior to this, from February 1986 to June 1988 he was Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Pharmakinetics Laboratories, Inc. Dr. Sharoky serves on the board of directors of Andrx Corporation, a specialty pharmaceutical company. Dr. Sharoky received a B.A. in biology from the University of Maryland in Baltimore County and an M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Randall W. Whitcomb , M. D. – age 50. Dr. Whitcomb has been a director of Insmed since November 15, 2001. Since 2001, Dr. Whitcomb has been Chief Medical Officer at Quatrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held, drug development company focusing on proteins in the cell nucleus that act as receivers for key hormones that regulate certain metabolic and developmental processes in the body. From 1992 through 2000, he held various management positions with Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Inc., a division of Warner Lambert Company, finally serving as Vice President of Drug Development with particular responsibility for the development and approval of products for women’s health care and diabetes. After the merger of Warner Lambert into Pfizer, Inc., Dr. Whitcomb was Vice-President Global Project Management for Pfizer Global Research and Development. From 1987 through 1992 he was on the faculty of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He received his B.A. degree from Tabor College and his M.D. degree from the University of Kansas.
Kenneth G. Condon C.P.A., C.F.P., M.B.A. – age 57. Mr. Condon has been a director of Insmed since our inception in November 1999 and of Insmed Pharmaceuticals since 1997. Mr. Condon serves as Chief Financial Officer of Boston University, a position he has held from 1975 to present. He is also a Trustee of Newbury College. He was formerly Chairman of the Board of BayFunds, a $1.8 billion mutual fund family; a former director of BayBank Harvard Trust; a former member of the BankBoston Advisory Board; a former director of the BayBank Trust Board; a former director of Seragen, Inc., a biotechnology firm; a former director, Chapter Secretary, Treasurer and President of the Financial Executives Institute of Massachusetts; and Director, Treasurer of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau. Before 1975, Mr. Condon was a Senior Accountant with the CPA firm of Arthur Andersen & Co. in Boston. He received his B.A. degree in Economics and Mathematics from Tufts University, and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Condon is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Financial Planner.
Steinar J. Engelsen, M.D. – age 54. Dr. Engelsen has been a director of Insmed since our inception in November 1999 and of Insmed Pharmaceuticals since 1998. Since November 1996, Dr. Engelsen has been a partner of Teknoinvest Management AS, a venture capital firm based in Norway. From 1989 until October 1996, Dr. Engelsen held various management positions within Hafslund Nycomed AS, a pharmaceutical company based in Europe, and affiliated companies. He was responsible for therapeutic research and development, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Research and Development of Nycomed Pharma AS from January 1994 until October 1996. In addition, from January to November 2000, Dr. Engelsen was acting chief executive officer of Centaur Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Engelsen also served as chairman of the board of directors of Centaur. Dr. Engelsen received a M.Sc. in nuclear chemistry and an M.D. from the University of Oslo, and is a Certified European Financial Analyst.
Steinar J. Engelsen joined Teknoinvest AS in 1996. Prior to joining Teknoinvest, Dr. Engelsen was Senior Vice President R&D, Nycomed Pharma, with responsibility for research, pre-clinical and clinical development and medical affairs. The main R&D units were located in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Norway. He was Research Associate at the Department of Chemistry, and at the University Hospital at the University of Oslo after concluding his internship in medicine. Dr. Engelsen currently serves as Member of the Board of Directors of Angiogenix, Inc. (USA), Insmed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:INSM), Exiqon AS (Denmark), BioForm Medical, Inc. (USA), Capnia Inc. (USA) and Affitech AS (Norway) as well as observer on the Board of Sanatris AS (Denmark). Dr. Engelsen is fluent in Norwegian, English and German. He is certified European Financial Analyst (AFA) from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration ("Handelshøyskolen"), and holds an M.Sc. in Nuclear Chemistry in addition to being an accredited M.D. (both from the University of Oslo).
http://www.teknoinvest.com/xp/pub/topp/about/team/
Ronald D. Gunn, M.B.A., M.S. – age 44. In February 2004, Mr. Gunn was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. From June 2003 until his appointment as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Gunn served as Executive Vice President. Since our inception in November 1999 until his election as Executive Vice President, Mr. Gunn served as our Vice President, Business Development. From January 1999 to November 1999, Mr. Gunn served as Vice President, Business Development and previously as Director of Business Development and of Clinical Operations at Insmed Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Gunn joined our predecessor in 1996 and has more than 18 years of experience in pharmaceutical drug development. Prior to joining Insmed, Mr. Gunn served as Clinical Affairs Officer with Finnish bioscience company, Leiras, Inc. Mr. Gunn received his M.S. and M.B.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Andreas Sommer, Ph.D. – age 63. In March 2004, Dr. Sommer became our Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Sommer joined Insmed in August 2000 as Principal Scientist following Insmed’s acquisition of Celtrix
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Celtrix”). From April 1995 to May 2000, Dr. Sommer served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Celtrix and served as a director of Celtrix from May 1994 to May 2000. Previously, Dr. Sommer served as Senior Vice President and as Vice President, Research of Celtrix following Celtrix’s merger with BioGrowth, Inc. From 1989 to 1991, Dr. Sommer served as Vice President, Research and Development of BioGrowth. He received his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of California.
Kevin P. Tully, C.G.A. – age 51. In January 2002, Mr. Tully became our Treasurer, Controller and Principal Financial Officer. From August 2001 until his election as Treasurer, he served as Senior Director, Finance and Administration. Mr. Tully joined Insmed in March 2001 as Director of Finance and has over 30 years of experience across Europe and the Americas covering finance, marketing and manufacturing. Prior to joining Insmed, Mr. Tully served as Vice President of Finance – Europe, and Vice President, Finance and Administration – Americas for Albright and Wilson Ltd., an international chemical producer. Mr. Tully received his O.N.C. in Business and Administration from St. Helens College in England and is a Certified General Accountant.
Philip J. Young – age 47. In April 2004, Mr. Young was appointed Chief Business Officer and Executive Vice President of Commercial Operations of Insmed Incorporated. Prior to joining Insmed, Mr. Young served as President and Chief Operations Officer for AGY Therapeutics and Chief Executive Officer of GanTech International. From 1998-2000, Mr. Young was Vice President and General Manager of Neurex Pharmaceuticals, where he was responsible for developing and managing the commercial and clinical strategies for new product launches and expanding label indications. Prior to Neurex, Mr. Young was Business Director and General Manager of the Peptide Hormones Division at Pharmacia (Pfizer) where under his leadership strategies were developed which led to the successful launch of Genotropin for pediatric and adult growth hormone deficiency. Mr. Young also served for seven years at Genentech where he was the Product Manager of Growth Hormone Products.
Kenneth Attie, M.D. – Age unknown, Chief Medical Officer. Prior to join Insmed Dr. Attie was a Clinical Scientist at Genentech. It's also known as Research Physician or Director of Clinical Research. His responsibilities were to evaluate candidate drugs for potential medical indications. And if the company decides to investigate one of these drugs; to design the clinical studies, analyze the information from the studies and potentially present it to the Food and Drug Administration and try and get the drug approved. Dr. Attie has published numerous research papers on many major medical journals. Mutations of the Growth Hormone Receptor in Children with Idiopathic Short Stature and Effect of Growth Hormone Treatment on Adult Height of Children with Idiopathic Short Stature are well-known research papers in Growth Hormone area. http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/CC/CP/10ka/
Dr. Allan....Dr. Sommer.....Dr.Engelsen......Dr.Attie
Geoffrey Allan, Ph.D . – age 51. Dr. Allan has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since our inception in November 1999. Dr. Allan has been President and a director of Insmed Pharmaceuticals Inc., our predecessor, since January 1994 and has 24 years of experience in pharmaceutical drug development. Prior to joining Insmed Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Allan served as Vice President, Drug Development at Whitby Research, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. Before his association with Whitby Research, Dr. Allan was the Head of the Cardiovascular Section at Wellcome Research Laboratories. Dr. Allan received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Cornell University Medical College.
Graham K. Crooke, MB.BS – age 46. Dr. Crooke has been a director of Insmed since our inception in November 1999 and of Insmed Pharmaceuticals since 1996. In April 2000, Dr. Crooke became a partner of Asset Management Company, a venture capital firm focusing on investments in early stage information technology and life sciences companies. Previously, from September 1997 through March 2000, Dr. Crooke was a partner at Ticonderoga Capital, a venture capital firm, where he focused on biotechnology and healthcare service investments. From April 1992 until September 1997, Dr. Crooke was a vice president of Dillon Read Venture Capital, a venture capital firm and predecessor to Ticonderoga. Prior to that, Dr. Crooke worked with the healthcare practice of Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., a management consulting firm, was a product manager at Molecular Devices Corporation, a developer of bioanalytical measurement systems, and, from 1984 to 1986, practiced medicine at major teaching hospitals in Western Australia. He received his medical degree from the University of Western Australia and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Melvin Sharoky, M. D. – age 54. Dr. Sharoky has been a director of Insmed since his election on May 16, 2001. Since January 1, 2002, he has been President and CEO of Somerset Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a research and development pharmaceutical company which markets Eldepryl ® for the treatment of patients with late stage Parkinson’s disease having previously served as President of Somerset Pharmaceuticals from July 1995 to June 30, 2001. From June 30, 2001 to January 1, 2002, Dr. Sharoky was retired. From July 1995 through January 1998, Dr. Sharoky was President of Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, and from February 1993 to January 1998 he was also President and Chief Executive Officer of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Circa Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which develops, manufactures and markets solid dosage generic pharmaceutical products to wholesale distributors. Dr. Sharoky joined Circa Pharmaceuticals in July 1988 as Medical Director, served as Senior Vice President and Director of Research and Development from April 1991 to August 1992, and as Executive Vice President and Director of Research and Development from August 1992 to January 1993. Prior to this, from February 1986 to June 1988 he was Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Pharmakinetics Laboratories, Inc. Dr. Sharoky serves on the board of directors of Andrx Corporation, a specialty pharmaceutical company. Dr. Sharoky received a B.A. in biology from the University of Maryland in Baltimore County and an M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Randall W. Whitcomb , M. D. – age 50. Dr. Whitcomb has been a director of Insmed since November 15, 2001. Since 2001, Dr. Whitcomb has been Chief Medical Officer at Quatrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held, drug development company focusing on proteins in the cell nucleus that act as receivers for key hormones that regulate certain metabolic and developmental processes in the body. From 1992 through 2000, he held various management positions with Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Inc., a division of Warner Lambert Company, finally serving as Vice President of Drug Development with particular responsibility for the development and approval of products for women’s health care and diabetes. After the merger of Warner Lambert into Pfizer, Inc., Dr. Whitcomb was Vice-President Global Project Management for Pfizer Global Research and Development. From 1987 through 1992 he was on the faculty of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He received his B.A. degree from Tabor College and his M.D. degree from the University of Kansas.
Kenneth G. Condon C.P.A., C.F.P., M.B.A. – age 57. Mr. Condon has been a director of Insmed since our inception in November 1999 and of Insmed Pharmaceuticals since 1997. Mr. Condon serves as Chief Financial Officer of Boston University, a position he has held from 1975 to present. He is also a Trustee of Newbury College. He was formerly Chairman of the Board of BayFunds, a $1.8 billion mutual fund family; a former director of BayBank Harvard Trust; a former member of the BankBoston Advisory Board; a former director of the BayBank Trust Board; a former director of Seragen, Inc., a biotechnology firm; a former director, Chapter Secretary, Treasurer and President of the Financial Executives Institute of Massachusetts; and Director, Treasurer of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau. Before 1975, Mr. Condon was a Senior Accountant with the CPA firm of Arthur Andersen & Co. in Boston. He received his B.A. degree in Economics and Mathematics from Tufts University, and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Condon is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Financial Planner.
Steinar J. Engelsen, M.D. – age 54. Dr. Engelsen has been a director of Insmed since our inception in November 1999 and of Insmed Pharmaceuticals since 1998. Since November 1996, Dr. Engelsen has been a partner of Teknoinvest Management AS, a venture capital firm based in Norway. From 1989 until October 1996, Dr. Engelsen held various management positions within Hafslund Nycomed AS, a pharmaceutical company based in Europe, and affiliated companies. He was responsible for therapeutic research and development, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Research and Development of Nycomed Pharma AS from January 1994 until October 1996. In addition, from January to November 2000, Dr. Engelsen was acting chief executive officer of Centaur Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. Dr. Engelsen also served as chairman of the board of directors of Centaur. Dr. Engelsen received a M.Sc. in nuclear chemistry and an M.D. from the University of Oslo, and is a Certified European Financial Analyst.
Steinar J. Engelsen joined Teknoinvest AS in 1996. Prior to joining Teknoinvest, Dr. Engelsen was Senior Vice President R&D, Nycomed Pharma, with responsibility for research, pre-clinical and clinical development and medical affairs. The main R&D units were located in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Norway. He was Research Associate at the Department of Chemistry, and at the University Hospital at the University of Oslo after concluding his internship in medicine. Dr. Engelsen currently serves as Member of the Board of Directors of Angiogenix, Inc. (USA), Insmed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:INSM), Exiqon AS (Denmark), BioForm Medical, Inc. (USA), Capnia Inc. (USA) and Affitech AS (Norway) as well as observer on the Board of Sanatris AS (Denmark). Dr. Engelsen is fluent in Norwegian, English and German. He is certified European Financial Analyst (AFA) from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration ("Handelshøyskolen"), and holds an M.Sc. in Nuclear Chemistry in addition to being an accredited M.D. (both from the University of Oslo).
http://www.teknoinvest.com/xp/pub/topp/about/team/
Ronald D. Gunn, M.B.A., M.S. – age 44. In February 2004, Mr. Gunn was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. From June 2003 until his appointment as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Gunn served as Executive Vice President. Since our inception in November 1999 until his election as Executive Vice President, Mr. Gunn served as our Vice President, Business Development. From January 1999 to November 1999, Mr. Gunn served as Vice President, Business Development and previously as Director of Business Development and of Clinical Operations at Insmed Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Gunn joined our predecessor in 1996 and has more than 18 years of experience in pharmaceutical drug development. Prior to joining Insmed, Mr. Gunn served as Clinical Affairs Officer with Finnish bioscience company, Leiras, Inc. Mr. Gunn received his M.S. and M.B.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Andreas Sommer, Ph.D. – age 63. In March 2004, Dr. Sommer became our Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Sommer joined Insmed in August 2000 as Principal Scientist following Insmed’s acquisition of Celtrix
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Celtrix”). From April 1995 to May 2000, Dr. Sommer served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Celtrix and served as a director of Celtrix from May 1994 to May 2000. Previously, Dr. Sommer served as Senior Vice President and as Vice President, Research of Celtrix following Celtrix’s merger with BioGrowth, Inc. From 1989 to 1991, Dr. Sommer served as Vice President, Research and Development of BioGrowth. He received his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of California.
Kevin P. Tully, C.G.A. – age 51. In January 2002, Mr. Tully became our Treasurer, Controller and Principal Financial Officer. From August 2001 until his election as Treasurer, he served as Senior Director, Finance and Administration. Mr. Tully joined Insmed in March 2001 as Director of Finance and has over 30 years of experience across Europe and the Americas covering finance, marketing and manufacturing. Prior to joining Insmed, Mr. Tully served as Vice President of Finance – Europe, and Vice President, Finance and Administration – Americas for Albright and Wilson Ltd., an international chemical producer. Mr. Tully received his O.N.C. in Business and Administration from St. Helens College in England and is a Certified General Accountant.
Philip J. Young – age 47. In April 2004, Mr. Young was appointed Chief Business Officer and Executive Vice President of Commercial Operations of Insmed Incorporated. Prior to joining Insmed, Mr. Young served as President and Chief Operations Officer for AGY Therapeutics and Chief Executive Officer of GanTech International. From 1998-2000, Mr. Young was Vice President and General Manager of Neurex Pharmaceuticals, where he was responsible for developing and managing the commercial and clinical strategies for new product launches and expanding label indications. Prior to Neurex, Mr. Young was Business Director and General Manager of the Peptide Hormones Division at Pharmacia (Pfizer) where under his leadership strategies were developed which led to the successful launch of Genotropin for pediatric and adult growth hormone deficiency. Mr. Young also served for seven years at Genentech where he was the Product Manager of Growth Hormone Products.
Kenneth Attie, M.D. – Age unknown, Chief Medical Officer. Prior to join Insmed Dr. Attie was a Clinical Scientist at Genentech. It's also known as Research Physician or Director of Clinical Research. His responsibilities were to evaluate candidate drugs for potential medical indications. And if the company decides to investigate one of these drugs; to design the clinical studies, analyze the information from the studies and potentially present it to the Food and Drug Administration and try and get the drug approved. Dr. Attie has published numerous research papers on many major medical journals. Mutations of the Growth Hormone Receptor in Children with Idiopathic Short Stature and Effect of Growth Hormone Treatment on Adult Height of Children with Idiopathic Short Stature are well-known research papers in Growth Hormone area. http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/CC/CP/10ka/
Dr. Allan....Dr. Sommer.....Dr.Engelsen......Dr.Attie
Peace!
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