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Dr. Jackson joined Biomira following a year as Chairman, Board of Directors, President and CEO for EmerGen, Inc. where he was responsible for building the organization into a leading women’s health care company.
Prior to his position with EmerGen, Dr. Jackson served for over 15 years in senior management positions in research departments for biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical companies. He held positions as the Senior Vice President, Research and Development, Atrix Laboratories, Inc., Senior Vice President, Discovery Research, Wyeth-Ayerst, the Pharma Division of American Home Products, and Vice President, Research Sciences at the Marion Merrell Dow Research Institute. While serving in these positions he was instrumental in identifying new products for development pipelines, setting up state of the art research facilities and establishing strategic alliances with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. He assisted with acquisitions/mergers and integrations of other companies and has seen several products brought through the approval process and to market.
Dr. Jackson received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Department of Microbiology, and his Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois, Department of Chemistry.
Dr. Jackson has been on the Board of Directors since May 2003.
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