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Dr. Wardell, 68, was appointed by the OrthoLogic Board of Directors on February 11, 2006, to fill a vacancy (Class III) on the Board. He owns and operates the consulting firm Wardell Associates International LLC in Princeton, NJ, where he specializes in drug development, regulatory approval, and safety for a range of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Dr. Wardell has published over one hundred scientific papers and four books, and has testified as an expert in drug development during several Congressional hearings. Dr. Wardell has 22 years of experience in the healthcare industry, holding leadership positions as President, Protein Engineering Corporation (now DYAX); Senior Vice President of Drug Development, Parke-Davis; Vice President and Medical Director, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals; Senior Scientific Officer, Covance; and Executive Director of the Covance Institute for Drug Development Sciences. During his tenure at these companies, Dr. Wardell was responsible for 11 approved New Drug Applications. He previously served as an associate professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Medicine, attending on the Clinical Pharmacology consultation service of Strong Memorial Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where he co-founded and directed the University's Center for the Study of Drug Development. Dr. Wardell earned his MA, PhD in pharmacology, and MD at the University of Oxford (UK), and was a Merck International Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology and Medicine under Dr. Louis Lasagna at the University of Rochester / Strong Memorial Hospital. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of PhytoCeutica, Inc., the Scientific Advisory Board of Eleos, Inc., and the Board of the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology | 