GERALD T. SIMMONS (Corporate Business Development Officer) brings 20 + years of large pharmaceutical and early stage drug development company experience. Mr. Simmons has held corporate business positions at Pharmacraft (now Ciba- Geigy) and Vice President, New Venture Group at Schering Plough Corp. After Schering Plough, Mr. Simmons held CEO assignments for Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, a drug delivery company, MantiCore Pharmaceuticals, an oncology company, and Fountain Pharmaceuticals, a drug delivery company. He managed Cellegy from a seed financing stage through an IPO (NASDAQ-CLGY), and is a Director of MantiCore. Mr. Simmons received is MBA from the University of Buffalo and BA from Canisius College. |