Dr. Phillips joined Cougar in February 2007 as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance. Since 2005, Dr. Phillips was employed by Amgen Inc., where he was the Director of Regulatory Affairs and Global Regulatory Leader for Vectibix (panitumumab), which received FDA approval last year for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. Prior to Amgen, Dr. Phillips served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance at Chugai Pharma USA from 2002 to 2004, where he was responsible for eight development programs in five therapeutic areas, including oncology. He has also held regulatory affairs management positions with Pfizer Inc. (Parke-Davis), Johnson & Johnson (Janssen, L.P.), Sandoz (Novartis AG) and Structural GenomiX |