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Paul K. Laikind Ph.D. Chairman of the Board President and Chief Executive Officer - Paul K. Laikind Ph.D. is one of our founders and has served on our board of directors since April 1997 was appointed Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in April 1998 and President and Secretary in June 1999. Previous to Metabasis Dr. Laikind founded Gensia Inc. in 1986 and was Vice President of Business Development and a director at Gensia where he was responsible for establishing major research and development corporate partnerships with leading U.S. and European companies. While at Gensia Dr. Laikind also founded Viagene Inc. a biotechnology company acquired by Chiron Inc. in 1995. Dr. Laikind is currently Chairman of BIOCOM serves on the Board of the San Diego Chapter of the American Liver Foundation and is a member of BIO Emerging Companies Section Governing Body. Dr. Laikind holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California at San Diego or UCSD and has served as a research faculty member at the UCSD School of Medicine.
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