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Market Cap:$3.8M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.6M
  • Public
  • US
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Acusphere, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops new drugs and improved formulations of existing drugs using its proprietary porous microsphere technology. We are focused on developing proprietary drugs that can offer significant benefits such as improved safety and efficacy, increased patient compliance, greater ease of use, expanded indications or reduced cost.

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Sherri C. Oberg
Number of Employees 118
Contact Information

500 Arsenal St

Watertown, Massachusetts 02472

www.acusphere.c...

1 617 648 8800

NAICS Code Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing: 325412

Recent Events

  • Acusphere, Inc. Issues Letter To Shareholders

    10/20/09 - New Investment - View Story

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Sherri C. Oberg President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
John F. Thero CFO & Senior Vice President
Lawrence Gyenes Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Howard Bernstein Executive Vice President, Research and Development
Charles Cox Senior Vice President, Corp Development & Marketing
Dennis Bucceri Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs
Michael Slater Senior Vice President, Operations
Nancy Wetherbee Senior Vice President, Business Development
Patrick Gallagher Joins Acusphere as Senior Vice President, Business Development
Richard Walovitch Senior Vice President, Clinical Res
Donald Chickering Vice President, Technical Operations, Process Development & Formulations
Frederick W Ahlholm Vice President of Finance
Jonathan Jaffe Vice President, Medical Affairs
Mona Haynes Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Thomas M. Hanlon Vice President, Manufacturing & Matls Management
Robert S. Langer Jr. co-founder
Rajeev A Jain Manager of Formulations Support and Pharmaceutics
David Tuck
Derek Lemke
Eric Huang
Mary Conway
Michael Picard
William I Ramage Executive Consultant
Derek Lemke-Von Ammon Director
Garen G. Bohlin Director
Martyn D. Greenacre Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Derek L. Ammon Board of Directors
Sandra L. Fenwick Board of Directors

Sherri C. Oberg, a co-founder of Acusphere, has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and one of our directors since our inception in 1993. Prior to joining Acusphere, Ms. Oberg was President and Chief Executive Officer of Neomorphics, Inc., a venture capital backed company focused on tissue engineering, from 1991 to 1992. Prior to joining Neomorphics, she was a venture capitalist at Aegis Venture Funds from 1988 to 1991, and at Inco Venture Capital Management from 1986 to 1988. Ms. Oberg is a member of the Board of Overseers of The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College. Ms. Oberg holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration.

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Current
Acusphere, Inc. Co-Founder Current
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth M.B.A. Former
Dartmouth College B.A. Former

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. CFO & Senior Vice President Current
Acusphere, Inc. Board of Directors Current
ABIOMED, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
ABIOMED, Inc. Senior Vice President Finance, Treasurer Former
College of the Holy Cross B.A. in Economics, Accounting Former

Lawrence A. Gyenes has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since October 2007 and as Treasurer since March 2008. From March 2007 to July 2007, Mr. Gyenes served as Chief Financial Officer of Zila, Inc. From March 2006 to February 2007, Mr. Gyenes provided independent healthcare financial consulting services primarily to investment management firms. From August 2004 to October 2005, Mr. Gyenes was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. From July 2001 to July 2004, Mr. Gyenes was Chief Financial Officer of privately held Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. From January 2001 to June 2001, Mr. Gyenes consulted on the divestiture of the DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company. Previously, Mr. Gyenes served as Chief Financial Officer of Rand McNally & Co., CompuServe Corporation and Helene Curtis, Inc. Mr. Gyenes spent 15 years in progressively more responsible positions with G. D. Searle & Co. completing his career there as Corporate Vice President, Finance responsible for the company's global finance and information technology functions. Mr. Gyenes has a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Current
Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Zila, Inc. Cfo Former
Rand McNally & Company Chief Financial Officer Former
Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Compuserve Interactive Services, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
University of Chicago Mba Former
University of Illinois Bachelor of Science In Accounting Former

Howard Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D. has served as Executive Vice President, Research and Development of the Company since February 2007, as Senior Vice President, Research and Development since January 2000 and as Vice President of Research and Development from 1994 to January 2000. Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Bernstein served as Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development at Alkermes, Inc. from 1992 to 1994 and as Vice President of Research at Enzytech Inc. from 1991 to 1992. Dr. Bernstein holds an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Executive Vice President, Research and Development Current
Acusphere, Inc. Senior Vice President, Res & Development Former
Alkermes, Inc. Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development Former
Massachusetts, Inc. Ph.D. In Chemical Engineering Former
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Former
Harvard Medical School M.D. Former

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Senior Vice President, Corp Development & Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Current

Mr. Slater has served as Senior Vice President, Operations at Acusphere since 2001. Prior to joining Acusphere, he was Vice President of Operations and Vice President of Quality Systems and Regulatory Affairs at Anika Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. Slater has also served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Biogen, Inc., Director of Corporate Regulatory Affairs at Biogen S.A., an independent consultant to the biopharmaceutical industry, as well as Executive Vice President, Development Operations for ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corporation. While at Hoechst Pharmaceuticals he held various positions including Senior Manager, Medical Services. Mr. Slater holds a B.S. in Information Science from the Metropolitan University of Leeds, England.

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Senior Vice President, Operations Current
Anika Therapeutics, Inc. Vice President of Quality Systems and Regulatory Affairs Former
Biogen, Inc. Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Former
Biogen Idec, Inc. Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Former
Biogen Idec, Inc. Director of Corporate Regulatory Affairs Former
Biogen, Inc. Consultant Former

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Senior Vice President, Business Development Current
Gill Fishman Associates Current
Athena Diagnostics, Inc. Director of Marketing Former
Simmons College School of Management MBA Former
Mount Holyoke College B.A. degree in Biochemistry Former

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Joins Acusphere as Senior Vice President, Business Development Current

Richard Walovitch, Ph.D. has served as Senior Vice President, Clinical Research of the Company since November 2005 and as Vice President, Clinical Research from March 1997 to November 2005. Prior to joining Acusphere, Dr. Walovitch was Vice President of Pre-clinical and Clinical Research at Epix Medical Inc. (formerly Metasyn) from 1993 to 1997 and the International Project Clinician at DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company from 1988 to 1993. Dr. Walovitch holds a B.S. in Biology and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Illinois.

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Senior Vice President, Clinical Res Current
University of Illinois Ph.D. in Pharmacology Former
University of Illinois B.S. In Biology Former

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Vice President, Technical Operations, Process Development & Formulations Current
Acusphere, Inc. Senior Director of Process Development Current
Brown University Ph.D. In Medical Science Former
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Bachelors of Science Degree In Biomedical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Vice President of Finance Current

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Vice President, Medical Affairs Current

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Vice President, Sales & Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Vice President, Manufacturing & Matls Management Current
Villanova University B.S. in Biology Former

Dr. Langer has served as a scientific consultant and director since June 2002. Dr. Langer is currently the Chairman of the Company s Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Langer is a co-founder of Sontra Medical, Inc. Since 1979, Dr. Langer has been Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Langer is also currently a director of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company developing drugs based on sugar sequencing technology, Boston Life Sciences, Inc., a company focused on research and development of therapeutic and diagnostic products, and Wyeth, a pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare products company. Dr. Langer received his B.S. from Cornell University in 1970 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1974, both in chemical engineering.

Organization Position Status
Echo Therapeutics, Inc. Co-Founder Current
Acusphere, Inc. co-founder Current
PureTech Ventures Co-Founder Current
Gelesis Inc. Co-Founder, Partner Current
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Current
Massachusetts Institute Institute Prof Current
Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Professor Current
Analysis Group, Inc. Current
Wyeth Current
RD Legal Funding LLC Current
NYSE Group, Inc. Current
Fda.Com Chairman Current
Echo Therapeutics, Inc. Director Current
Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director Current
U.S. Genomics, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Momenta.Com Board of Directors Current
Redchip Companies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
PureTech Ventures Venture Partner Former
Echo Therapeutics, Inc. Director and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board Former
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director Former
Warner-Lambert Director Former
Alkermes, Inc. Director Former
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. Former
Cornell University B.S. Former
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sc.D. in Chemical Engineering Former
U.S. Food and Drug Administration member Former

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Manager of Formulations Support and Pharmaceutics Current

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Current
Yale University School of Medicine Assistant Professor Former
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Former

Derek Lemke-von Ammon, has served as a director of the Company since 2002. Mr. Lemke-von Ammon is a General Partner at FTVentures. Previous to joining FTVentures Mr. Lemke-von Ammon was a Managing Partner for Thomas Weisel Capital Partners, a Director of Private Equity for Thomas Weisel Partners, and a member of the Firm's Executive Committee until December 2003. Prior to joining Thomas Weisel Capital Partners in 1998, Mr. Lemke-von Ammon was a Senior Managing Director and Director of Private Equity at Montgomery Securities from 1989 to 1998. Prior to joining Montgomery Securities, Mr. Lemke-von Ammon was a Vice President at Dain Bosworth Incorporated where he was employed from 1985 to 1989. He also worked as a corporate and securities attorney from 1983 to 1985 for Bogle & Gates in Seattle.

Organization Position Status
Ftventures Limited Current
Acusphere, Inc. Current
Montgomery Securities Senior Managing Director Former
Thomas Weisel Partners LLC founder Former
Montgomery Securities Director of Private Equity Former
Bogle & Gates Former
Northwestern University J.D. Former
Pomona College B.A. Former
Stanford University Executive Program Former

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Current

Michael H. Picard, MD, is the director of clinical echocardiography and a staff cardiologist at Boston 's Massachusetts General Hospital , an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a past-president of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE). He also serves on the National Board of Echocardiography and a member of the Imaging Council of the American College of Cardiology. He has published extensively on use of echocardiography and its new ultrasound technologies in coronary artery disease, valve disease and heart failure.

Organization Position Status
Harvard Medical School Director of Clinical Echocardiography Current
Merion Publications, Inc. Director of Clinical Echocardiography Current
Acusphere, Inc. Current
Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Medicine Former

William I. Ramage, D. Phil., has served as an Executive Consultant at Acusphere since 2000 and as an Independent Business Development and Strategic Marketing Consultant to us from 1999 to 2000 and to other clients since 1998. Prior to Acusphere, Dr. Ramage was Vice President Business Development and Marketing at Molecular BioSystems from 1996 to 1998, and Vice President Business Development and Customer Services at DuPont Merck, a leader in nuclear imaging agents for myocardial perfusion imaging, from 1995 to 1996. Dr. Ramage holds a B.Sc. from the University of Glasgow and a D.Phil. from Oxford University.

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Executive Consultant Current
Dupont Merck Vice President Business Development and Marketing Former
University of Glasgow B.Sc. Former
University of Oxford D.Phil. Former

Organization Position Status
Acusphere, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Ftventures Limited Partner, Business Development, Head Current
Acusphere, Inc. Director Current
Dain Bosworth, Inc. Vice President Former
Montgomery Securities Senior Managing Director Former
Montgomery Securities Partner Former
Montgomery Securities Director of Private Equity Former
Bogle & Gates Attorney Former
Pomona College BA Former

Garen Bohlin, has served as one of our directors since 2005. Mr. Bohlin is the Chief Operating Officer for Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Cambridge, M.A. Previous to Sirtris, Mr. Bohlin served as President and CEO of Syntonix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to joining Syntonix, Mr. Bohlin was Executive Vice President of Genetics Institute where he was responsible for essentially all of the non-scientific areas that comprised approximately half of the then 1600 employees. Mr. Bohlin spent 14 years in executive management at Genetics Institute managing significant growth and playing a leading role in the closing of a broad range of financings. Prior Mr. Bohlin's tenure at Genetics Institute he spent 13 years at Arthur Andersen & Co. In addition to serving on Acusphere's Board, he is also a member of the Board of Directors of Targanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Coo Current
Acusphere, Inc. Director Current
Syntonix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Syntonix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. President Former
Genetics Institute, Inc. Executive Vice President Former

Since July 2004, Mr. Greenacre has served as Chairman of Beijing Med-Pharm Corporation, a pharmaceutical company. Mr. Greenacre also has served since 2002 as Chairman of Life Mist Technologies, Inc., a fire suppression equipment company. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Greenacre served as Chief Executive Officer and director of Delsys Pharmaceutical Corporation, a formulation and drug delivery system company. From 1993 to 1997, Mr.

Organization Position Status
Life Mist Technologies, Inc. Chairman Current
Curis, Inc. Chair Current
BMP Sunstone Corporation Chairman of the Board Current
Lifemist Chairman Current
Pathway 2 Curis Board of Directors Current
Personalized Medicine Coalition Board of Directors Current
Cephalon, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Acusphere, Inc. Director Current
BMP Sunstone Corporation Committee Member Current
GlaxoSmithKline Plc Chairman Former
Creative BioMolecules, Inc. Director Former
BMP Sunstone Corporation Board of Directors Former
Curis, Inc. Director Former
Orchestra Therapeutics, Inc. Director Former

Sandra L. Fenwick, has served as one of our directors since 2004. Ms. Fenwick is Chief Operating Officer of the world-renowned Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to joining Children's Hospital in 1999, Ms. Fenwick was Senior Vice President of System Development for CareGroup, Inc. Before its merger with CareGroup, Ms. Fenwick served at Beth Israel Hospital for 20 years in various areas of increasing responsibility including Vice President and Deputy Director, Vice President of Clinical Services Planning and Development and Vice President of Network Development for Beth Israel Healthcare.

Organization Position Status
Children's Hospital Chief Operating Officer Current
Acusphere, Inc. Board of Directors Current
CareGroup, Inc. Senior Vice President of System Development Former
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     ACUS $0.08 -0.00 (-2.50% )
Average Volume 135,637
Shares Outstanding 49.51M
Market Cap 3.9M
Year High 0.55
Year Low 0.02
Earnings Per Share N/A
P/E Ratio -
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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