Robert

Biography

Robert Roche has been a member of our Board of Directors since June 2014. Mr. Roche is the founding member of Robert Roche Associates, LLC, a consulting firm providing guidance to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Mr. Roche created this firm upon his retirement from Cephalon, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, in February 2010. Mr. Roche joined Cephalon in January 1995 as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing and was named Executive Vice President, Worldwide Pharmaceutical Operations of Cephalon in 2005. Before joining Cephalon, Mr. Roche served as Director and Vice President, Worldwide Strategic Product Development, for SmithKline Beecham’s central nervous system and gastrointestinal products business. Mr. Roche also was Managing Director of SmithKline’s pharmaceutical operations in the Philippines. Prior to that, he held senior marketing positions in Canada and Spain and had product planning responsibilities for SmithKline in Latin America. Mr. Roche began his pharmaceutical career in 1982 with SmithKline as a United States pharmaceutical sales representative. Mr. Roche has served as a Director of Antares Pharma, Inc., a publicly-traded specialty pharmaceutical company, since July 2013 and is currently a member of its governance and nominating committee and audit committee. In December 2016, Mr. Roche was appointed as a Director of Egalet Corporation, a publicly-traded specialty pharmaceutical company focused on innovative treatments of pain and other conditions and is currently a Director of Paragon Bioservices, Inc., a privately-held contract development and manufacturing organization. He formerly served as a Director of LifeCell Corp. until its acquisition in 2008, EKR Therapeutics until its acquisition in 2012, NuPathe Inc. until its acquisition in February 2014 and Civitas Therapeutics until its acquisition in November 2014. He also serves on the boards of Bryn Mawr Hospital and Westtown School. Mr. Roche earned his B.A. from Colgate University and his M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Research Interest

 pharmaceutical