Brian M. Culley is Vice President Business Development and has served in this role since joining the Company in December 2004. From 2002 until 2004 Mr. Culley managed all strategic collaborations and licensing agreements for Immusol Inc. in San Diego where his most recent title was Director of Business Development and Marketing. At Immusol Mr. Culley negotiated a discovery development and commercialization deal with Novartis Pharma AG worth $78 million. From 1999 until 2000 he was a licensing and marketing associate at the University of California San Diego Department of Technology Transfer & Intellectual Property Services and from 1996-1999 he was a research associate for Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. where he performed drug discovery research. Mr. Culley has over 12 years of experience in the biotechnology industry including deal structure and negotiation licensing due diligence market and competitive research and venture funding. He received a MS in Biochemistry from the University of California Santa Barbara and an MBA from The Johnson School of Business at Cornell University with an emphasis on private equity and entrepreneurship. |