J. William Freytag

Biography

J. William Freytag, Ph.D. has served as Chairman of our Board of Directors since January 2011 and has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2008. Dr. Freytag served as a member of the Board of Directors of ARCA biopharma, Inc., a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company, from January 2009 to March 2011, serving as chair and a member of its compensation committee and its Lead Director from January 2009 to March 2011. Dr. Freytag served as a director of Immunicon Corp., a publicly-traded developer of diagnostic products, as well as a member of its compensation committee, from May 1998 until its merger with Veridex, LLC in June 2008. Dr. Freytag was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corp., a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company, from July 2007 until its merger with Galenica AG in January 2008. Prior to Aspreva, Dr. Freytag was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Myogen, Inc., a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company, from July 1998 until Myogen was acquired by Gilead Sciences, Inc. in November 2006. From November 2006 through June 2007, Dr. Freytag served as Senior Advisor to Gilead. From October 1994 to May 1998, Dr. Freytag was a Senior Vice President at Somatogen, Inc., a publicly-traded biotechnology company. Prior to Somatogen, he was President of Research and Development at Boehringer Mannheim Corporation, an international healthcare company, from May 1990 to September 1994. Previously, Dr. Freytag spent ten years with DuPont in various research and business positions in the Medical Products Department. Dr. Freytag received a B.S. from Purdue University and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Research Interest

he was President of Research and Development at Boehringer Mannheim Corporation, an international healthcare company, from May 1990 to September 1994. Previously, Dr. Freytag spent ten years with DuPont in various research and business positions in the Medical Products Department. Dr. Freytag received a B.S. from Purdue University and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Kansas Medical Center.