Jeffrey Latts, M.D. joined Allos' Board of Directors in April 2007. Dr. Latts has been a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry since January 2007. Previously, Dr. Latts served as Executive Vice President of Exelixis, Inc., a biotechnology company, from January 2006 to January 2007, and as Senior Vice President of Exelixis, Inc. from July 2001 to December 2005. He also served as Chief Medical Officer of Exelixis, Inc. from July 2001 to September 2006. Prior to that, Dr. Latts held key management positions with Berlex Laboratories, a pharmaceutical healthcare company, where he served as Chief Medical Officer from 1995 to 2001, and Vice President, Clinical Research and Development from 1990 to 2001. Prior to that, Dr. Latts served as Vice President of Clinical Research at Wyeth Ayerst Research, a division of Wyeth Laboratories. He began his career in the pharmaceutical industry with the Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Division of Warner Lambert. In over 25 years in the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Latts has been involved in numerous investigational new drug application submissions and has successfully initiated early to late stage clinical trials for multiple disease areas, including cancer, immunology, central nervous system and metabolic diseases. Dr. Latts received a B.S. in medicine and an M.D. from the University of Minnesota. |