Governance

Dr. Pedder has a career of over 30 years in drug development and commercialization. He was recently Chief Executive Officer of Nirogy. Prior to that, he had leadership roles as Chief Business and Strategy Officer for Athenex; President and CEO of Cellectar Biosciences from April 2014 to June 2015; President and CEO of Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd. from May 2004 to July 2012; and Global Vice President of Oncology Pharma Business and Executive Officer at Hoffmann-LaRoche. Previous positions at Roche included Life Cycle Leader and Global Project Leader of Pegasys/IFN and Head of Hepatitis Franchise. Prior to that, he was Clinical Leader for a number of development compounds at Roche. Dr. Pedder served on the board of directors of Cerecor, Inc. from April 2018 to June 2020, Mateon Therapeutics, Inc. from March 2016 to April 2019 and Delcath Systems, Inc. from November 2017 to April 2019.

Early in his career, he was a faculty member in the Department of Pharmacology in College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, where he obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Pharmacology. During his longstanding career in pharmaceutical development, Dr. Pedder played key roles in the successful development and commercialization of multiple proprietary pharmaceutical products including Tasmar®, Pegasys®, Copegus®, Northera® and Klisyri®. In addition to his Ph.D., Dr. Pedder obtained a Master of Science in Toxicology from Concordia University, a Joint Honors Bachelor degree in Environmental Studies/Biology from the University of Waterloo, and he completed the Roche-sponsored Pharmaceutical Executive Management Program at Columbia Business School.

Dr. Roberts has over 25 years of pharmaceutical research, development, corporate development, and executive experience. He is co-founder and President and CEO of Adaptin Bio and also serves on the board of directors. Prior to Adaptin he was co-founder and acting CEO of Corino Therapeutics. Dr. Roberts led and ran all activities related to Corino and the development of a disease-modifying drug called CRX-1008, which is used to treat the protein disorder transthyretin amyloidosis. He is a pharmaceutical and biotech consultant and owner of MAC B Consulting. Prior to Corino, Dr. Roberts was VP, Business Development and Corporate Officer of publicly traded Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd. He was responsible for business development efforts focused primarily on licensing and M&A with consideration to pipeline management. He led the sale of Chelsea Therapeutics to H. Lundbeck A/S in 2014 for approximately $658 million. Prior to Chelsea Therapeutics, Dr. Roberts was Director of Business Development for their Nektar Therapeutics’ Molecule Engineering technology and completed a number of transactions with large and specialty pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Roberts has completed pharmaceutical transactions valued at over $1B. Prior to this he was Manager of Biopharmaceutical Research at Shearwater Corporation where he led and was successful in the development of preclinical drug candidates from initial stages of research through Phase I clinical study, including inventing the product Movantik™, a treatment for opioid-induced constipation, subsequently licensed to AstraZeneca in a transaction valued at approximately $1 billion. Shearwater was sold to Inhale Therapeutic Systems (now known as Nektar Therapeutics) in 2001 for approximately $200 million. Dr. Roberts obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Alabama and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

Mr. Gallagher has 20 years of healthcare experience including alternative investments, research and marketing in both the public and private markets. Since January 2018, he has served as the Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of Voltron Therapeutics, a privately held biotechnology company. Mr. Gallagher also serves as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors at PD Theranostics, Inc., positions he has held since April 2018, and has served as Treasurer of Aerwave Medical, Inc. since November 2020. Prior to his current roles, Mr. Gallagher was a founding partner and Chief Executive Officer of BDR Research Group, LLC (“BDR”), from July 2001 through October 2010. BDR was an independent sell-side research firm specializing in healthcare investing, financing and operations, serving the institutional investing community at large.

Mr. Gallagher served as VP of Business Development and Investor Relations as well as a strategic consultant for Kinex Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology firm focused on next-generation therapies in oncology and immunology (now traded on NASDAQ: ATNX). He also served as an advisor to CHD Biosciences, a novel antimicrobial company from July 2012 through August 2014. Mr. Gallagher has served on the boards of directors of BioSig Technologies, Inc., NASDAQ-listed a medical device company that is developing a proprietary technology platform in the electrophysiology space since July 2014 Cingulate Therapeutics, a therapeutics company with a novel drug delivery platform since January 2014; Evermore Global, a global special situations money manager since June 2015; and Algorithm Sciences, Inc. since May 2019.

Since September 2014, Mr. Gallagher has served as a Managing Partner at Laidlaw Venture Partners dba Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. and is part of the Investment Banking Healthcare Team. Mr. Gallagher also is a member of Lucius Partners.

Mr. Gallagher earned his Master in Business Administration from Penn State University and his Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Vermont.

Mr. Zook is a member of Lucius Partners. Mr. Zook was executive vice president of global commercial operations of AstraZeneca Plc from 2010 until 2012. He also served as president and chief executive officer of the North American division of AstraZeneca Plc from 2006 until 2009, and president of Medimmune, the company’s wholly owned biologics division from 2009 until 2010. Mr. Zook has served as a director of BioSig Technologies, Inc (Nasdaq: BSGM) since July 2020, and had previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of AltheRx from 2013-2014, InHibikase in 2014, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals in 2009, the National Pharmaceutical Council from 2007-2009, PhRMA from 2011-2012, the Pennsylvania Division of the American Cancer Society from 2005-2007 and his alma mater, Frostburg State University from 2016-2018 and re-joined in 2021, where he earned a B.S. degree. Mr. Zook also earned an A.A. degree in chemical engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

Mr. Riehle has over 25 years of business and management experience with both large companies and start-up ventures, and nearly 20 years of that has been as the chief financial officer of pharmaceutical companies, including taking these same companies public. Prior to Adaptin Bio, Mr. Riehle was the CFO with Athenex, Inc., managing all aspects of the accounting, treasury, IT, HR, and legal functions and providing support to the company when it went public in June 2017. Prior to this, he was a freelance contractor for companies seeking his expertise in financing and related support. From 2004 – 2014, Mr. Riehle was the CFO of Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd. He managed all aspects of the accounting, treasury, facilities, IT, HR, IR and legal functions, including supporting the company in over $300 million in public and private equity financings and being actively involved in the sale of the company to H. Lundbeck A/S in 2014 for $658 million. Prior to Chelsea Therapeutics, Mr. Riehle was the CFO for HAHT Commerce, Inc., managing all aspects of treasury, accounting, IT, legal and inventory administration, as well as having significant involvement in sales administration, services management, HR, facilities and related operational activities, including supporting the company in transactions involving over $60 million in venture financing. Prior to HAHT Commerce, Mr. Riehle held various positions in Canada, the U.S. and Asia with Nortel Networks, including financial planning and analysis, accounting, marketing and sales administration, government relations, and general administration. Mr. Riehle earned his Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University, his MBA from York University and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).