Dr. James P. Gilligan. Dr. Gilligan is a co-founder of Herborium, Inc. and has served co-Chief Executive Officer and President Product Development and director of Herborium, Inc. since its inception in 2000. He was appointed as our director and as a director of our subsidiary Herborium concurrently with the closing of the merger. He is currently providing consulting services to us and has agreed to serve on a full-time basis as our President and Chief Operating Officer within six months after we receive a minimum of $2,500,000 of financing. He has over 25 years experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. He received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Connecticut, during which time he completed a special research fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Atherosclerosis Research Unit. He performed his post-doctoral training at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology. Dr. Gilligan is author or co-author of 15 U.S. patents, as well as multiple PCT patents and the author of numerous scientific publications. He also received a M.S. in International Business from Seton Hall University. Dr. Gilligan is Vice President of Product Development at Unigene Laboratories Inc. Fairfield, NJ, a biopharmaceutical company. He was a founding member of Unigene in 1981 and participated in the design of its R&D facility in 1983 and the cGMP biotechnology manufacturing facility in 1993. His responsibilities have included coordination of all U.S. and international pre-clinical research, toxicology, and regulatory filings as well as design and management of clinical studies. |