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Dr. Kessler served as chief operating officer of Hoffman-La Roche in Basel, Switzerland from 1990 to 1995. Prior to being appointed chief operating officer, Dr. Kessler held several senior positions at Hoffman-La Roche, including head of the diagnostics and pharmaceutical divisions of the organization. Earlier positions in his career included director of pharmaceutical marketing worldwide for Sandoz (now Novartis) and president of Sandoz KK in Tokyo. Dr. Kessler currently serves on the board of Neotherapeutics and The Medicines Company, and has served on the boards of both Syntex Chemicals and Genentech. Dr. Kessler received a degree in Physics and Chemistry from Pretoria University in South Africa, a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and his juris doctorate from Seton Hall University. | 