Mr. Rauscher has been a director since 1993 and joined the Company full-time as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2000. Before joining Oscient Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Rauscher spent 18 years at Abbott Laboratories, serving in a variety of key leadership positions including Vice President for Corporate Licensing; Vice President of Business Development; Vice President of Sales U.S. Pharmaceutical Products Division; Director of Strategic Planning for Pharmaceutical Products; and General Manager Abbott West Indies. Following his time at Abbott, Mr. Rauscher served as CEO of AmericasDoctor, a company that provides clinical research and marketing services to the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Rauscher holds a M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. |