Dr. Gilman has served as our Senior Vice President, Discovery & Nonclinical Development and Chief Scientific Officer, since February 2008. From April 2007 until February 2008 Dr. Gilman served as Chairman of the board of directors and CEO of ActivBiotics, a biopharmaceutical company. From 2004 to April 2007, he served as President, CEO, and a member of the board of directors of ActivBiotics. Previously Dr. Gilman worked at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he held a number of senior leadership roles including Vice President and General Manager, Inflammation, responsible for all aspects of the Inflammation business from early gene discovery to product commercialization. Prior to Millennium, he was Group Director at Pfizer Global Research and Development, where he was responsible for drug discovery of novel antibacterial agents as well as several other therapeutic areas. Dr. Gilman has also held scientific, business, and academic appointments at Wyeth, Cytogen Corporation, Temple Medical School, and Connecticut College. He currently serves on the boards of directors of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council and Nextcea, Inc., a private drug discovery company. Dr. Gilman received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in microbiology from Pennsylvania State University, his post-doctoral training at Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, and received a B.A. in microbiology from Miami University of Ohio. |