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Niv E. Caviar joined the Company in May 2007 as Executive Vice President Chief Business and Financial Officer. Prior to that Mr. Caviar worked at Allergan as Vice President from 2002 to 2007. At Allergan Mr. Caviar served as Vice President of Marketing for the Medical Dermatology business where he led all operational and strategic marketing functions. Brands under his responsibility included Tazorac® and Botox® for medical dermatology indications. Previously he served the same company as Vice President of Business Development responsible for licensing deal alliance formation and negotiations for Allergan’s ophthalmology dermatology and neurology business units. During this tenure he led Allergan’s efforts to establish the existing Botox Imitrex® and Amerge® Neurology Alliance with GlaxoSmithKline. From 2001 to 2002 Mr. Caviar was Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at Immusol Biopharmaceuticals. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Corporate Development at Affymetrix Inc. Prior to Affymetrix Mr. Caviar was a management consultant in Accenture's Pharmaceutical and Health Care Strategy practice. Mr. Caviar served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force where he worked as a Solid Rocket Motor Engineer and was a Project Manager for the U.S. Space Command on both the Titan IV Rocket and the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Programs. Mr. Caviar received an M.B.A from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy. | 