ABOUT US

ABOUT US

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM

Joseph S. Zakrzewski  - Executive Chairman
Mr. Zakrzewski joined Amarin in January 2010 as Executive Chairman. Mr. Zakrzewski has more than 20 years of industry experience, including significant contributions to Reliant Pharmaceuticals as Chief Operating Officer during the period when Omacor®/Lovaza® was successfully developed, launched, and marketed for reducing very high triglyceride levels, leading to its 2007 acquisition by GlaxoSmithKline. In addition, Mr. Zakrzewski contributed 17 years of service to Eli Lilly & Company in a variety of capacities, including Vice President of Corporate Business Development where he had global responsibility for licensing activities. Mr. Zakrzewski is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Xcellerex Inc, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company. He serves on the board of directors of Insulet Corporation and is Chairman of the boards of directors for Promedior Inc. and Zelos Therapeutics.

Declan Doogan, M.D. - Interim Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Doogan joined Amarin in April 2007 as Head of Research and Development and was appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer in October 2009. Most recently, Dr. Doogan was Senior Vice President and Head of Worldwide Development at Pfizer Global Research & Development. In recent years, he held a number of senior positions in Pfizer in the US and the UK. Dr. Doogan joined Pfizer in 1982, where he led the Zoloft clinical development program. He held positions in the UK and in Japan, where he was initially Medical Director and later head of the company’s development organization. Dr. Doogan holds a Visiting Professorship of Drug Development Science with Kitasato University in Japan. In addition, Dr. Doogan holds a number of non-executive directorships in the US and the UK. Dr. Doogan received his medical degree from Glasgow University in 1975. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine in the UK.

John Thero - Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Thero has more than 20 years of senior financial and operational management experience including over 15 years supporting the growth of life science companies. Previously, Mr. Thero was Chief Financial Officer at ViaCell, Inc., where he helped guide the company to its successful sale, and Abiomed, Inc., during its transition from a development-stage company into a commercial entity. Mr. Thero began his professional career at Arthur Andersen LLP, during which time he became a Certified Public Accountant.

Paresh Soni, M.D., PhD - SVP and Head of Development
Dr. Paresh Soni joined Amarin in September 2008 as SVP and Head of Development. Dr. Soni joins Amarin from Pfizer where he held a number of leadership roles in Pfizer Global Research and Development in both experimental medicine and late stage development. He provided clinical leadership to a number of programs including darifenacin, Viagra and lasofoxifene, including the submission of two New Drug Applications (NDAs). He was the development team leader for antiviral projects in infectious diseases, and clinical leader and clinical group head for the GI/hepatology therapeutic area. Dr. Soni, a board-certified internist and gastroenterologist, completed his medical and specialist training at the University of Natal in South Africa before completing a research fellowship at the Division of Hepatology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, where he also completed a PhD. Dr. Soni is a member of the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).


This page was last updated on March 04, 2010