Mr. William W. Crouse,
Independent Director, Chair of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
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 on the board of 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.
Bill O'Connor has been our Chief Accounting Officer since February 2008. He joined The Medicines Company in April 2006 as Vice President and Controller. Before joining the MDCO, Bill worked at Eyetech Pharmaceuticals as the VP of Finance. Prior to that Bill work for Trophix a Biotech company that specializes in pain medications. In addition, Bill has 14 years of experience in the public accounting sector. Bill is a CPA and holds Bachelors Degree in Accounting from Farleigh Dickinson University.
Mr. Robert J. Hugin,
Independent Director, Chair of Audit Committee
Robert J. Hugin has been a director since April, 2003. Since May 2006, Mr. Hugin has been the President and Chief Operating Officer of Celgene Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company focused on cancer and immunological disease. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Celgene from 1999 to 2006 and as a director since 2001. From 1985 to 1999, Mr. Hugin held positions with J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc. an investment banking firm, serving most recently as a Managing Director. Mr. Hugin also currently serves as a director of Coley Pharmaceutical Group. Mr. Hugin received an A.B. from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from University of Virginia.
Dr. T. Scott Johnson,
Independent Director, Member of Audit Committee
T. Scott Johnson, M.D. has been a director since September 1996. Since July 1999, Dr. Johnson has been a partner at JSB Partners, L.P., an investment bank that he founded in 1999 and which focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private financings and corporate alliances within the healthcare sector. From September 1991 to July 1999, Dr. Johnson served as a founder and managing director of MPM Capital, L.P., a venture capital firm. Dr. Johnson received both a B.S. and an M.D. from the University of Alabama.
Mr. Armin M. Kessler,
Independent Director, Member of Compensation Committee
Armin M. Kessler has been a director since October 1998. Mr. Kessler joined us after a 35-year career in the pharmaceutical industry, which included senior management positions at Sandoz Pharma Ltd. (now Novartis Pharma AG) in Switzerland, the United States and Japan and, most recently, at Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland, where he was Chief Operating Officer and Head of the Pharmaceutical Division until 1995. Mr. Kessler currently also serves as a director of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Gen-Probe Incorporated and PRA International, Inc. Mr. Kessler received degrees in physics and chemistry from the University of Pretoria, a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Cape Town, a law degree from Seton Hall and an honorary doctorate in business administration from the University of Pretoria.
Mr. Robert G. Savage,
Independent Director, Member of Compensation Committee
Robert G. Savage has been a director since April 2003. Since May 2003, Mr. Savage has served as President of Strategic Imagery LLC, a consulting company he founded. From March 2002 to April 2003, Mr. Savage was Group Vice President and President for the General Therapeutics and Inflammation Business, of Pharmacia Corporation, a research-based pharmaceutical firm acquired by Pfizer Inc. in April 2003. From September 1996 to January 2002, Mr. Savage held several senior positions with Johnson & Johnson, including Worldwide Chairman for the Pharmaceuticals Group during 2001, Company Group Chairman responsible for the North America pharmaceuticals business from 2000 to 2001, President, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals from 1998 to 2000 and Vice President Sales & Marketing from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Savage also serves as a director for Noven Pharmaceuticals, which develops advanced drug delivery technologies, NovaDel Pharma Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company developing drug delivery systems, and EpiCept Corporation, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of topically-delivered prescription pain management therapeutics. Mr. Savage received a B.S. in biology from Upsala College and an M.B.A. from Rutgers University.
Ms. Elizabeth H.S. Wyatt,
Independent Director, Member of Audit Committee and Chair of Compensation Committee
Elizabeth H.S. Wyatt has been a director since March 2005. Prior to her retirement in 2000, Ms. Wyatt held several senior positions at Merck & Co., Inc. over the course of 20 years, including most recently, Vice President, Corporate Licensing. Ms. Wyatt joined Merck in 1980 and was responsible for many of its major licensing agreements. Previously she had been a consultant and academic administrator, responsible for Harvard Business School's first formal marketing of its executive education programs. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Neose Technologies, Inc., ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and MedImmune, Inc., each of which is a biopharmaceutical company, and the Boards of Trustees of Randolph-Macon College and Sweet Briar College. Ms. Wyatt received an A.B. from Sweet Briar College, an M.Ed. from Boston University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Mr. John P. Kelley,
President and Chief Operating Officer
John P. Kelley has been our President and Chief Operating Officer since December 2004 and a director since February 2005. Prior to joining us, Mr. Kelley held a series of positions at Aventis, an international pharmaceutical company. From September 2003 until September 2004, Mr. Kelley served as Senior Vice President, Global Marketing and Medical at Aventis, where he was accountable for worldwide brand management of Aventis' core strategic brands and managed strategic alliances with partner companies. From September 2002 to September 2003, he served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Risk Officer for Aventis, advising the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer. From January 2000 to September 2002, Mr. Kelley served as Vice President, Head of Strategic Development of Aventis where he was responsible for leading the strategic planning process of the pharmaceutical division of Aventis as well as merger and acquisition activity. Prior to the formation of Aventis, he served as a Vice President, Commercial Director, U.S. at Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., a life sciences firm focused on pharmaceuticals and agriculture, from March 1998 through December 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Kelley served as Vice President of Marketing of Hoechst Marion Roussel from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Kelley received a B.A. from Wilkes University and an M.B.A. from Rockhurst University.
Dr. Clive A. Meanwell,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Clive Meanwell, M.D., Ph.D., has been a director and served as our principal executive officer, or as one of our principal executive officers, continuously since 1996. He has served as our Chief Executive Officer since August 2004, and he served as our President from August 2004 to December 2004, as our Executive Chairman from September 2001 to August 2004 and as our Chief Executive Officer and President from 1996 to September 2001. From 1995 to 1996, Dr. Meanwell was a Partner and Managing Director at MPM Capital, L.P., a venture capital firm. From 1986 to 1995, Dr. Meanwell held various positions at Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, including Senior Vice President from 1992 to 1995, Vice President from 1991 to 1992 and Director of Product Development from 1986 to 1991. Dr. Meanwell currently serves as a director of both Endo Pharmaceuticals and BB Biotech. Dr. Meanwell received an M.D. and a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Dr. Melvin K. Spigelman MD,
Independent Director, Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Melvin Spigelman is the Director of Research and Development for the TB Alliance. Previously, Dr. Spigelman spent a decade managing drug R&D at Knoll Pharmaceuticals (a division of BASF Pharma). As Vice President of R&D at Knoll, Dr. Spigelman directed clinical development and supervised all R&D activities from basic discovery to regulatory approval. He established global R&D processes as part of Knoll's senior R&D management team, oversaw a marked increase in US regulatory filings and approvals, and supervised joint R&D programs with pharmaceutical companies. Starting as Director of Oncology and Immunology in 1989, Dr. Spigelman became Vice President of R&D at Knoll until its acquisition by Abbott Laboratories in 2001. Dr. Spigelman received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and his medical degree from the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine where he specialized in Internal medicine and Neoplastic Diseases. Dr. Spigelman holds board certifications from the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board's Subspecialty Board of Medical Oncology, and the American Board of Preventive Medicine and was the recipient of the American Cancer Society Clinical Oncology Career Development Award (1985-1988).
Hiroaki Shigeta,
Independent Director, Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Hiroaki Shigeta has been a director since April 2007. Mr. Shigeta has a distinguished 40-year career leading international affiliates of global pharmaceutical firms. Mr. Shigeta served as President and CEO, from
1993 to 2000, of Nippon Roche KK, a wholly-owned Japanese affiliate of Roche Holding of Switzerland, becoming Chairman and Representative Director in 2001. In 2003, he became US Head, Far East Relations of Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. Earlier on in his career, Mr. Shigeta spent 18 years at Sandoz, leading divisions in Japan, Canada, Brazil, Switzerland and Portugal. In his last position at Sandoz he was in charge of all Sandoz pharma business in Japan as Executive Vice President and member of the Board of Sandoz Yakuhin KK, Tokyo.
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