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Edward J. Quilty has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since November 1996 Chairman of the Board since May 1996 and as a Director of the Company since March 1996. Mr. Quilty was the Chairman of the Board of Palatin Technologies Inc. a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company specializing in peptide drug design for diagnostic and therapeutic agents from November 1995 until May 2000.
During the period November 1996 through May 2000 Mr. Quilty held the Chief Executive Officer positions at both the Company and Palatin Technologies Inc. From July 1994 through November 1995 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of MedChem Products Inc. a publicly traded developer and manufacturer of specialty medical products which was acquired by C. R. Bard in November 1995. From March 1992 through July 1994 Mr. Quilty served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Life Medical Sciences Inc. a publicly traded developer and manufacturer of specialty medical products including wound healing agents. The assets of Life Medical Sciences were purchased by MedChem Products Inc.
During the period January 1987 through September 1991 Mr. Quilty served as Vice President - Sales and Marketing and later as Executive Vice President (in which capacity he shared the office of the President) with McGaw Laboratories a pharmaceutical and medical device company. Previously he served from 1974 in a variety of sales marketing and management positions with Baxter/American Hospital Supply Corporation. Mr. Quilty has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry primarily in strategic planning management and sales and marketing. Mr. Quilty is director of the MedTech Group a privately held medical products company. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Missouri State University Springfield Missouri in 1973 and a Master of Business Administration degree from Ohio University Athens Ohio in 1987. | 