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Wayne R. Eberhardt, Ch.E./J.D. - Vice President, Business Development, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Eberhardt is the former Chief Patent Counsel of Burroughs Wellcome Co, and has over 25 years experience in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industry. He received his law degree from St. Louis University in 1973 while employed as a patent agent by Monsanto, and was subsequently employed as a patent attorney with Johnson & Johnson from 1974 to 1989, during which time he acquired broad experience in the health care and pharmaceutical industry. As a senior attorney at Johnson & Johnson, he secured worldwide patent rights, provided infringement and validity opinions on third party patents, negotiated patent and technology licenses, served on the Board of Directors for Ethicon, and advised management on a wide variety of patent, R & D, and business issues. In 1989, he rejoined Monsanto as a senior patent attorney with responsibility for chemical and biotechnology developments in the Animal Sciences Division. In 1992, he joined Burroughs Wellcome Co as Chief Patent Counsel with responsibility for organizing its patent department, advising management in all matters relating to U.S. patents, and coordinating patent activities with the parent company in the U.K. | 