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08/09/13 1:18 AM

#329 RE: Paulness #328

Dr. Alan lewis will bring Medistem to the next level!!!

Dr. Lewis has served on our Board of Directors and as our Chief Executive Officer since October 2012. Most recently he served as President, CEO and Chairman of Ambit BioSciences, and previously President and CEO of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Prior to that, he was President, CEO and Director of Novocell, Inc. Prior to Novocell, Dr. Lewis served as CEO and Director of Signal Pharmaceuticals before its acquisition by Celgene, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule drugs for cancer and immunological diseases, after which he served as President of the Signal Research Division at Celgene. Before joining Signal, Dr. Lewis held the position of Vice President of Research at Wyeth-Ayerst, where he spent 15 years leading research efforts in diabetes, CNS, cardiovascular, inflammatory, allergy, and bone metabolism diseases. Dr. Lewis currently serves as a Director of BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., and American Stem Cell, Inc.. He holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of Wales in Cardiff and completed his postdoctoral training at Yale University.


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