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Mr. Schachle has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial and Corporate Operations since August 2007. Prior to that he held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Operations since February 2007 Senior Vice President Marketing and Sales since January 2004 and as Vice President Marketing and Sales from January 2003 until January 2004. In his current capacity he is responsible for establishing a high-value marketing and sales infrastructure in North America to promote AzaSite® co-promote Restasis® and Elestat® and commercialize potential products from our pipeline. He is also responsible for our Human Resources team. Mr. Schachle has over 18 years experience in pharmaceutical marketing and sales and has had responsibility for the successful launch of major new products including the marketing of GlaxoSmithKline’s Advair®. His experience includes marketing and sales positions of significant responsibility at The Upjohn Company GlaxoSmithKline Inspire and MedImmune Inc. Prior to joining Inspire he most recently served as Director of Marketing for infectious disease products at MedImmune from April 2002 until January 2003 where he was responsible for strategic brand management and promotion of Synagis® and Cytogam®. From June 1998 until April 2001 Mr. Schachle was Director Marketing for GlaxoSmithKline. Mr. Schachle originally joined Inspire in April 2001 as Vice President Marketing and Sales. Mr. Schachle holds a B.B.A. in Marketing from James Madison University and an M.B.A. from Old Dominion University. | 