Dr.Floyd E. Bloom

Overview

Dr. Bloom is a founder of Alkermes and has been a director of Alkermes since 1987. Since its founding in 2000, Dr. Bloom has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Neurome, Inc., a biotechnology company. Dr. Bloom has been active in neuropharmacology for more than 35 years, holding positions at Yale University, the National Institute of Mental Health and The Salk Institute. Since 1983, he has been at The Scripps Research Institute where he was Chairman of the Department of Neuropharmacology until February 2005 and where he is currently a Professor Emeritus. Dr. Bloom served as Editor-in-Chief of Science from 1995 to May 2000. He is a member of the National Academy of Science, the Institute of Medicine, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, and the Board of Trustees of Washington University, as Chairman of National Council for the School of Medicine. He also serves on the Veterans Administration's Gulf War Veterans Illness Research Advisory Committee and on the President's Council on Bioethics. Dr. Bloom also serves on the Scientific Advisory Boards of Advancis, Inc. and RxGen, Inc. In July 2007, Dr. Bloom was appointed to the Board of Directors of Elan Corporation, a neuroscience-based biotechnology company.