Patrick G. LePore

Patrick G. LePore was appointed as a Director of the Company in July 2017. On July 1, 2018, Mr. LePore succeeded Mr. Farber as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. LePore served as chairman, Chief Executive Officer and president of Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc., until the company’s acquisition by private equity investor TPG in 2012.  He remained as chairman of the new company through the sale of the company to Endo Pharmaceuticals. Mr. LePore began his career with Hoffmann LaRoche.  Later, he founded Boron LePore and Associates, a medical communications company, which he took public and was eventually sold to Cardinal Health.  Mr. LePore is the Vice Chairman of the board of Matinas BioPharm and is a trustee of Villanova University.  Mr. LePore earned his bachelor’s degree from Villanova University and Master of Business Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University.