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Market Cap:$91.3M
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Biodel Inc. is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative treatments for endocrine disorders, such as diabetes and osteoporosis. Biodel's product candidates are developed by using VIAdel technology, which reformulates existing FDA- approved peptide drugs. The Company's lead product candidate, VIAject, is an ultra rapid-acting injectable meal-time insulin in development for use by patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. VIAject is currently being tested in two pivotal Phase III clinical trials. Biodel's pipeline also includes VIAtab, a sublingual tablet formulation of insulin in the Phase I stage of clinical testing, and two pre-clinical osteoporosis product candidates.

Chairman, President & CEO
Solomon S. Steiner
Number of Employees 30
Contact Information

100 Saw Mill Road

Danbury, Connecticut 06810

www.biodel.com

(203) 796-5000

NAICS Code Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing: 325412

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Andreas Pfuetzner Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
F. Scott Reding Cfo, Treasurer & Vice President
Erik Steiner Vice President, Operations
Robert Feldstein Vice President, Patent & Intellectual Property
Roderike Pohl Vice President, Res
R. Timmis Ware General Counsel & Secretary
Daniel Lorber Member
Scott A Weisman Member

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Solomon S. Steiner Chairman, President & CEO
Albert Cha Board of Directors
Charles A. Sanders Board of Directors
David Kroin Board of Directors
Frederick Frank Board of Directors
Ira W. Lieberman Board of Directors
Paul Sekhri Board of Directors
Samuel P. Wertheimer Board of Directors

Dr. Solomon S. Steiner co-founded our company and has served as our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since our inception in December 2003. In 1991, Dr. Steiner founded Pharmaceutical Discovery Corporation, or PDC, a biopharmaceutical corporation. Dr. Steiner served as PDC’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors from its inception until December 2001, when PDC was merged with two other companies to form MannKind Corporation. From December 2001 to February 2003, Dr. Steiner served on MannKind’s board of directors and as a Corporate Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer. In 1985, Dr. Steiner founded and was the Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of Clinical Technologies Associates, Inc., or CTAI, now known as Emisphere Technologies, Inc. Under his leadership CTAI went public in February of 1989. Dr. Steiner is an inventor of Emisphere’s oral delivery system for peptides and mucopolysaccharides. Dr. Steiner is currently an adjunct full professor at New York Medical College and research full professor of psychiatry and neurology at New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Steiner received a Ph.D. from New York University.

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Chairman, President & CEO Current

Dr. Andreas Pfu¨tzner has served as our Vice President, Chief Medical Officer in Europe since May 2008 and since October 2004 has served on our scientific advisory board. Dr. Pfu¨tzner served as our Chief Medical Officer from April 2005 to May 2008. In 1998, Dr. Pfu¨tzner founded the Institute for Clinical Research and Development in Mainz, Germany and serves as its Managing Director. Since 2001, Dr. Pfu¨tzner has been a professor of applied clinical research at the University of Applied Sciences Rheinbach. From 2000 to 2002, Dr. Pfu¨tzner was Senior Vice President of Medical and Regulatory Affairs at PDC and later MannKind Corporation. Dr. Pfu¨tzner holds an M.D. from University of Mainz, Germany and a Ph.D. from Rocheville University. Dr. Pfu¨tzner devotes approximately 50% of his time to our affairs.

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Vice President & Chief Medical Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Cfo, Treasurer & Vice President Current

Mr. Erik Steiner co-founded our company and has served as our Vice President, Operations since our inception in December 2003. From February 2003 to December 2003, Mr. Steiner co-founded and served as the Vice President, Operations of SV. From May 1999 to February 2003, Mr. Steiner served as Head of Operations of Cabot McMullen Inc, a film and television production company. Prior thereto, Mr. Steiner served as Administrative Director and Fiscal Administrator of the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group. Mr. Steiner is Solomon Steiner’s son.

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Vice President, Operations Current

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Vice President, Patent & Intellectual Property Current

Dr. Roderike Pohl joined our company and has served as our Vice President, Research since our inception in December 2003. From August 2003 to November 2003, Dr. Pohl served as a scientific consultant with Steiner Ventures, LLC, or SV. From December 1998 to July 2003, Dr. Pohl served as Vice President of Preclinical Research at PDC, now MannKind Corporation. Dr. Pohl received a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut, School of Pharmacy.

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Vice President, Res Current

Mr. R. Timmis Ware has served as our general counsel and corporate secretary since joining us in August 2005. From December 2001 to August 2005, Mr. Ware was in private practice. From June 1994 to December 2001, Mr. Ware served as general counsel and corporate secretary of PDC, now MannKind Corporation. Prior thereto, Mr. Ware was a partner at the law firm of Chadbourne & Parke, LLP. Mr. Ware is a member of the New York and Florida Bars and received an L.L.B. from New York University.

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. General Counsel & Secretary Current

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Board of Directors Current

Dr. Charles Sanders has been a member of our board of directors since August 2006. Since 1995, Dr. Sanders has served on numerous boards and continues to chair the boards of Project Hope and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. From July 1989 to July 1994, Dr. Sanders served as Chief Executive Officer of Glaxo Inc., a pharmaceutical company, and from 1992 until his retirement in 1995, served as the Chairman of the Board of Glaxo Inc. Previously Dr. Sanders was general director of Massachusetts General Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sanders received an M.D. from Southwestern Medical College of the University of Texas. Dr. Sanders serves on the boards of directors of Icagen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a biotechnology company, Genentech, Inc., a biotechnology company, Biopure Corporation, an oxygen therapeutic company, and Cephalon, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company.

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Board of Directors Current

Mr. David Kroin has been a member of our board of directors since July 2006. Mr. Kroin is a co-founder and managing director of Great Point Partners, LLC, an asset management firm. From December 1998 to September 2003, Mr. Kroin was an investment professional for J.H. Whitney & Co., a private equity firm. Mr. Kroin serves on the board of directors of Gentium S.p.A., a biopharmaceutical company.

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Board of Directors Current

Dr. Ira W. Lieberman has been a member of our board of directors since December 2004. Since October 2004, Dr. Lieberman has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of LIPAM International, Inc., an advisory and investment firm, which performs advisory and consulting work for the World Bank Institute, client governments, and private sector clients. From July 2003 to October 2004, Dr. Lieberman served as a Senior Economic Advisor to George Soros for the Open Society Institute, a grant making foundation. From February 1993 to July 2004, Dr. Lieberman served in several positions for the World Bank Institute. Dr. Lieberman received an MBA from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from Oxford University.

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Orbimed Advisors, LLC Private Equity Partner Current
Intekrin Therapeutics, Inc. Director Current
Chemocentryx, Inc. Director Current
Neuraxon Inc. Board of Directors Current
Corus Pharma, Inc. Board of Directors Former
New York University Director, Office of Industrial Liaison Former
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Inc. Fellow Former
Salmedix, Inc. Board of Directors Former
New York University Ph.D. In Molecular Biology Former
Yale University M.P.H. Former
The Johns Hopkins University B.A. Former

Dr. Daniel Lorber has been a member of our board of directors since December 2004 and since October 2004, a member of our scientific advisory board. Since 1981, Dr. Lorber has served as the medical director of the Diabetes Control Foundation, Diabetes Care and Information Center in Flushing, New York and since 1991, as the director of endocrinology at The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens. Dr. Lorber is also an attending physician in endocrinology and general internal medicine at the New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens. Since 1994, Dr. Lorber has served as a clinical associate professor of medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Dr. Lorber also serves as a consultant in medical, dental and podiatric liability litigation and to the insurance industry on care standards for diabetes mellitus. Dr. Lorber is a member of the board of directors of the American Diabetes Association. Dr. Lorber received an M.D. from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed a fellowship in endocrinology at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Member Current
Biodel Inc. Board of Directors Current

Mr. Scott A. Weisman has been a member of our board of directors since December 2004. He is a private investor. From March 2004 to February 2007, Mr. Weisman served as a managing director of McGinn, Smith &Company, Inc., an investment banking firm. From 1998 to September 2003, Mr. Weisman served in various senior positions for H.C.Wainwright &Co., Inc., an investment banking firm. Prior thereto, Mr. Weisman was a practicing securities attorney and a partner in the law firm of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Mr. Weisman received a J.D. from Albany Law School.

Organization Position Status
Biodel Inc. Member Current
Vigilant Privacy Corporation Member Current
Vigilant Privacy Corporation Director Current
Biodel Inc. Board of Directors Current
H.C. Wainwright & Co. Inc. President Former
H.C. Wainwright & Co. Inc. Director Former
Utica College Ba Former
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     BIOD $3.84 -0.31 (-7.47% )
Average Volume 72,695
Shares Outstanding 23.80M
Market Cap 91.4M
Year High 6.02
Year Low 2.19
Earnings Per Share -1.92
P/E Ratio -2.00
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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