William W. Crouse has been a director since April 2003. Since January 1994 Mr. Crouse has been a Managing Director of HealthCare Ventures a venture capital firm with a focus on biotechnology firms. From 1987 to 1993 Mr. Crouse served as Worldwide President of Ortho Diagnostic Systems a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson that manufactures diagnostic tests for hospitals and a Vice President of Johnson & Johnson International. Before joining Johnson & Johnson Mr. Crouse was a Division Director of DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company a pharmaceutical firm where he was responsible for international operations and worldwide commercial development activities. Before joining Dupont he served as President of Revlon Health Care Group's companies in Latin America Canada and Asia/Pacific. He also held management positions at E.R.Squibb & Sons a pharmaceutical company. Mr. Crouse currently also serves as a director of ImClone Systems Inc. and several private biotechnology companies and as a member of the Boards of Trustees of Lehigh University and the New York Blood Center. Mr. Crouse received a B.S. in finance and economics from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from Pace University. |