8 Richard Batycky, Ph.D. Dr. Batycky was appointed to serve as a director of our Company in November 2019. He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nocion Therapeutics, Inc. having served in such position since 2018. Dr. Batycky has over two decades of experience with biotech start-ups from founding to acquisition across an array of platforms and disease states with significant expertise in inhaled drug development. From 2009 to 2014, he was the Chief Scientific Officer and a founder of Civitas Therapeutics, which was acquired by Acorda Therapeutics, Inc., or Acorda. At Acorda, he served as Chief Technology Officer from 2014 to 2018 where he led its novel dry powder inhalation therapy to treat motor issues in Parkinson’s patients through to FDA approval as Inbrija™. Prior to Civitas Therapeutics, he was Chief Scientific Officer and Senior VP of R&D at Pulmatrix from 2007 to 2009 and held prior positions at Alkermes and Advanced Inhalation Research from 1998 to 2007. Dr. Batycky received his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Calgary and his S.M. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). We believe that Dr. Batycky’s significant experience in inhaled drug development in biotechnology companies qualifies him to serve as a member of the Board. The biographies of the directors for the Class III directors (for terms expiring in 2023) are as follows: Michael J. Higgins. Mr. Higgins was appointed Chairman of the Board in April 2020. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since June 2015. He has served as chairman of the board of directors of Voyager Therapeutics., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, since June 2019, and served as Voyager’s Interim CEO from June 2021 through March 2022. He has served as a board member of Genocea Biosciences Inc., a publicly traded immuno-oncology company, since February 2015; Nocion Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, since September 2020; Camp4 Therapeutics Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, since October 2017 and KinDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company, since March 2016. Mr. Higgins is a serial entrepreneur who has helped launch/build numerous companies during his career. He served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Polaris Partners, an investment company, from 2015 to 2020. From 2003 to 2014 he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc, a biopharmaceutical company. Prior to 2003, Mr. Higgins held a variety of senior business positions at Genzyme Corporation, including Vice President of Corporate Finance and Vice President of Business Development. Prior to joining Genzyme Corporation, Mr. Higgins led Procept, Inc.’s financial team from founding through its initial public offering. Mr. Higgins earned a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. We believe that Mr. Higgins’ financial and business expertise, including his diversified background as an executive officer in public pharmaceutical companies, qualifies him to serve as a member of the Board. Anand Varadan. Mr. Varadan is currently the founder and President of Ignition Insights, LLC, a consulting firm providing commercial and strategic consultancy services to biopharma companies and investors. Previously, he was Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer at Chiasma Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, until its acquisition by Amryt PLC (NASDAQ: AMYT). Mr. Varadan also served as Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer of Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc, (NASDAQ: KPTI) an oncology-focused pharmaceutical company, where he started up commercial operations leading to the successful launch of XPOVIO for multiple myeloma. Earlier in his career, Mr. Varadan held executive leadership roles at Amgen Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, in the U.S., E.U., and Canada including Vice President, U.S. Inflammation and Nephrology Business Unit and Vice President and General Manager, Amgen Canada. Prior to Amgen, Mr. Varadan was a brand manager at Procter and Gamble Company. Mr. Varadan has a B.S. from George Washington University and an M.B.A. from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester. Mr. Varadan’s extensive executive leadership experience and his in-depth knowledge of the biopharmaceutical industry make him well qualified to serve on the Board. The biographies of the directors for the Class I directors (for terms expiring in 2024) are as follows: Todd Bazemore. Mr. Bazemore was appointed to serve as a director of our Company in October 2020. Todd Bazemore has served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since December 2021 and as the Chief Operating Officer from November 2017 through November 2021. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Santhera Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc., or Santhera, a pharmaceutical company and subsidiary of Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holdings AG, from September 2016 until November 2017. Prior to joining Santhera, Mr. Bazemore served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Dyax Corp., or Dyax, a biopharmaceutical company focused on orphan diseases, between April 2014 and January 2016, when Dyax was acquired by Shire plc. Between April 2012 and September 2013, he served as Vice President, Managed Markets at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or Sunovion (a subsidiary of Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd.), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on serious medical conditions. Prior to that, Mr. Bazemore held several roles of increasing responsibility at Sunovion, including Vice President of Sales and Vice President of the Respiratory Business Unit. He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. We believe that Mr. Bazemore has extensive business experience running the commercial operations of biopharmaceutical companies and qualifies him to serve as a member of the Board.
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