Connective Therapeutics names senior director, pharmaceutical operations.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 1995--Connective Therapeutics Inc. announced today that Mitchell Katz, Ph.D. has joined the company as senior director, pharmaceutical operations, responsible for the company's clinical operations, project management and clinical pharmacy planning relating to product development. Katz, 41, brings to Connective over 18 years of product development experience in industry and academic environments including participation in the development of four biotechnology products which obtained FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. licensing. Prior to joining Connective, Katz was the director of clinical operations for Univax Biologics Inc. where he was responsible for directing clinical research, data management, clinical systems development and SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. programming. While at Univax, he participated in the preparation of the Product License Application for WinRho SD, a product which received FDA licensing. He also held various senior level product development positions with TSI TSI Total Solar Irradiance (sum solar light in energy per unit of time) TSI Trading Standards Institute (UK) TSI Transportation Safety Institute (US DOT) Washington Laboratories, Johnson and Johnson and Schering-Plough Corp. During his tenure with Johnson and Johnson, Katz served as project team leader for ORTHOCLONE OKT OKT Oktober (German: October) OKT Amiga Oktalyzer (digital music file format) OKT Orang Kena Tuduh (Malaysia court cases) (R)3 and also was involved with clinical testing of erythropoietin erythropoietin /eryth·ro·poi·e·tin/ (-poi´e-tin) a glycoprotein hormone secreted by the kidney in the adult and by the liver in the fetus, which acts on stem cells of the bone marrow to stimulate red blood cell production , two products which are currently on the market. He also was involved with the development of alpha interferon, a Schering-Plough product which also received FDA licensing. Katz received his Ph.D. in microbiology from Rutgers University Graduate School and served as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Downstate down·state n. The southerly section of a state in the United States. adv. & adj. To, from, or in the southerly section of a state. down Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. He holds a B.A. in biology and has co-authored numerous scientific papers in the areas of immunology and microbiology. He previously held academic and research appointments at York College, Jamaica, N.Y., Downstate Medical Center and College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Connective Therapeutics Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Palo Alto. The company is focused on the development of novel therapeutics for chronic connective tissue disorders and diseases of the skin and skin structure. CONTACT: Connective Therapeutics, Inc. Sylvia Wheeler, 415/843-2800 |
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