Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Bob Jones has been Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since April 7, 2008.  From May 2003 to March 2008, Mr. Jones served first as Vice President, Finance and then as Vice President, Strategy and Business Analysis of Adolor Corporation , a biopharmaceuticals company. From November 2000 to May 2003, he served as Vice President, Finance and then as Chief Operating Officer of  Opt-e-scrip, Inc., a privately held personalized medicine company where he  was responsible for all commercialization activities. Prior to that Mr. Jones was Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Purepac Pharmaceutical Company. Prior to his experience with Purepac, Mr. Jones was Vice President, Marketing and Business Development  for Endeavor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and during the course of nine years with Burroughs Wellcome Company, he held several roles of increasing responsibility in the finance and marketing departments.

Mr. Jones holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina.