MANAGEMENT

Jack E. Stover , President & CEO

Mr. Stover joined Antares Pharma as President and Chief Operating Officer in July 2004 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors in September 2004. Prior to joining Antares Pharma, Mr. Stover was Executive Vice President and CFO of Sicor, Inc., a public injectable pharmaceutical company which was acquired by Teva Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Sicor, Mr. Stover was Executive Vice President for a proprietary women’s drug company, Gynetics, Inc., and before Gynetics, he was Senior Vice President for B. Braun Medical, Inc., a private global medical device and product company. For more than five years, Mr. Stover was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, working in their Lifescience industry division. Mr. Stover is also a director of Arbios Systems, Inc. and PDI, Inc. Mr. Stover earned a Bachelors Degree from Lehigh University and is a CPA.

 

Robert F. Apple, Sr. Vice President & CFO

Mr. Apple joined the Company in February 2006 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Apple served as Chief Operating and Financial Officer at InKine Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. from 2003 to 2005, and Chief Financial Officer from 1997 to 2002. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Apple was employed by Genaera Corporation, Inc., a biotechnology company, where he held the position of Corporate Controller. From May 1994 until July 1995, Mr. Apple was employed by Liberty Technologies, Inc. as Corporate Controller. Prior to May 1994, Mr. Apple held various positions of increasing responsibility at Arthur Andersen & Company LLP. He holds a B.A. degree in accounting from Temple University and is a CPA.

Dario N. R. Carrara, Ph.D, Sr. Vice President and Managing Director

Dr. Carrara joined the Company in 1995 and relocated to our Basel, Switzerland office. He served as General Manager of Permatec’s Argentinean subsidiary from 1995 until its liquidation in 2000. Prior to joining Permatec, between 1986 and 1995, Dr. Carrara worked as Pharmaceutical Technology Manager for Laboratorios Beta, a pharmaceutical laboratory in Argentina that ranks among the top ten pharmaceutical companies in Argentina. Dr. Carrara has extensive experience in developing transdermal drug delivery devices. He earned a double degree in Pharmacy and Biochemistry, as well as a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Technology from the University of Buenos Aires.

Peter Sadowski, Ph.D., Vice President, Devices Group

Dr. Sadowski joined the Company in March 1994 as Vice President, Product Development. He was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer in 1999. From October 1992 to February 1994, Dr. Sadowski served as Manager, Product Development for GalaGen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. From 1988 to 1992, he was Vice President, Research and Development for American Biosystems, Inc., a medical device company. Dr. Sadowski holds a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Minnesota.

James E. Hattersley, Vice President, Corporate Business Development

Mr. Hattersley joined Antares Pharma in February 2005. Prior to joining Antares Pharma, he served as Senior Director of Business Development at Eurand, Inc., a private drug delivery and specialty pharma company. From 1998 to 2000, he was employed by Anesta Corp., and from 1995 to 1998, Mr. Hattersley was Director of Program Management for JAGO Pharma AG, which was acquired by SkyePharma. Mr. Hattersley also held technical positions at Abbott Laboratories, Syntex Research USA and Alza Corporation between 1986 and 1995. He holds an M.S. degree in biochemistry and an undergraduate degree in neurobiology from the University of California.

Michael L. Kasprick,Vice President, Business Development, Devices Group

Mr. Kasprick joined Antares Pharma in October of 1997 and has been Executive Director of Business Development. Prior to joining Antares Pharma, Mike served as Director of Marketing for Urohealth Systems/Dacomed Corporation from 1995 to 1997, and Senior Product Manager from 1993 to 1995. From 1982 to 1992, Mike held various positions such as Product Manager and Marketing Manager with the Pillsbury Corporation. Mike holds both a Bachelors and a Masters degree from the University of Minnesota.