Dr.John L. Zabriskie, Ph.D.

Overview

JOHN L. ZABRISKIE, PH.D., has served as a Director of MacroChem since 2000 and was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2001. Since 2001, he has been a co-founder and Director of PureTech Ventures, LLC. From 1997 to 2000, he was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of NEN Life Science Products, which was sold to Perkin Elmer. In 1994, Dr. Zabriskie became Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Upjohn; he was responsible for Upjohn's merger with Pharmacia, and became Chief Executive Officer of the merged company. Before his appointment at Upjohn, he spent nearly 30 years with Merck & Company, rising to Executive Vice President and President of Merck Manufacturing Division. He is a member of the Board of Directors of PureTech Ventures, LLC (since 2000), ARCA Discovery, Protein Forest, Harlan, Cellicon and the following publicly traded companies: Array Biopharma (since 2001) and Kellogg Company (since 1995). Dr. Zabriskie received a B.S. in chemistry from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Rochester.