The founder of Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Khattar, has 20 years of industry experience in the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products and drug delivery technologies.

Prior to founding Supernus, and for more than 6 years, Mr. Khattar served as a Board member, President and CEO of Shire Laboratories Inc., the drug delivery subsidiary of Shire plc. Mr. Khattar joined Shire from CIMA, a drug delivery company that is currently a division of Cephalon, where he last served as an Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Management Committee. At CIMA he was also responsible for business development including the licensing of CIMA's technologies, corporate alliances and strategic planning.

Prior to joining CIMA in 1995, Mr. Khattar held several marketing and business development positions at Merck & Co., Novartis, Playtex and Kodak in the US, Europe and the Middle East.

In 1985, he received his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Board member of Rockville Economic Development Inc.