John F. O' Connell Email & Phone Number

Focus on Pharmaceutical Drug and Nutritional Business:• The evaluation, development and launch of new innovation • Integrating R & D for sustainable medical / business impact • Experience in all stages of drug discovery (targets to clinic studies)• Development of strategic plans evaluating the scientific risk, competition, marketing and commercial assessment • Pediatric and Adult Nutrition• Anti-Infectives, Oncology

• Executive in the growth of the Nutrition Business Unit to approximately 1.8 B in 6 years.• Head of Nutrition R & D function - Research, Clinical, Medical Affairs • Transformed R & D for sustainable medical / business impact • Built a robust pipeline of innovative ingredients, technologies• Global Reach: Expanded clinical sites and medical communication with affiliates worldwide in EU, Middle East and Asia• Played a critical role in the strategic launches of innovations

• Director of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and Viral Research• Involved in all stages of drug discovery (targets to clinic studies)• Progress compounds to clinical studies for viral / bacterial diseases • Involved in the filing of NDA, INDs and other regulatory documents• Helped build a “state of the art”, multi-disciplinary, discovery program• Enhanced R & D pipeline with “speed to market” initiatives• Strategically focused / prioritized “mechanistic” targets• Identified / evaluated / acquired key compounds / technologies

Worked to identify novel antiviral compounds for 5 viruses.