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Dr. Forbes has served as Vice President of Research and Development and Chief Development Officer at Salix since January 2005. Dr. Forbes has over 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical development. Prior to joining Salix, Dr. Forbes served as the Vice President of Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs at Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. Prior to that he served as a Group Leader at Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. since 1996, and held various senior management positions in clinical research at Otsuka since 1991. Before joining Otsuka, Dr. Forbes served as Senior Clinical Research Scientist at Glaxo, Inc. Dr. Forbes has had responsibilities involving the clinical research and development of numerous new chemical entities in a variety of therapeutic indications including gastroenterology and infectious disease. Dr. Forbes received his Pharm.D. from Creighton University and conducted post-doctoral works at the Creighton Cardiac Center and the Cardiovascular Clinical Research department at Glaxo. | 