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Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (which may be referred to as "Callisto", "the Company", "we" or "us") was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in May 2003. We operate through two subsidiary companies: Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Callisto Research Labs, LLC, and we own two inactive subsidiaries, IgX, Ltd (Ireland) and Callisto Pharma, GmbH (Germany). Our principal offices are located at 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1609, New York, NY 10170.

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Scientific Officer and DirectorGary Jacob
Number of Employees 9
Contact Information

420 Lexington Ave Ste 1609

New York, New York 10170

www.callistopha...

(212) 297-0010

NAICS Code Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing: 325411

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Gary Jacob Chief Executive Officer, Chief Scientific Officer and Director
Robert C. Shepard Chief Medical Officer
Bernard F. Denoyer Secretary & Senior Vice President, Finance
Kunwar Shailubhai Senior Vice President, Drug Discovery
Gabriele M. Cerrone Co-Founder
Craig C. Talluto Senior Director, Clinical Operations
Arthur Sytkowski Clinical Trial Advisor, Consultant
Carter Stephen Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Randall K. Johnson Chairman
Christoph Bruening Board of Directors
John P Brancaccio Board of Directors
Moshe Talpaz Board of Directors
Riccardo Dalla-Favera Board of Directors
Organization Position Status
Biovitas Chief Executive Officer Current
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Acting Chief Executive Officer Current
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. President Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chief Executive Officer, Chief Scientific Officer and Director Current
Biovitas Board of Directors Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director Current
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chief Scientific Officer Former
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chief Scientific Officer Former
Glycobiology Director Former
Glycobiology Fellow Former
Organization Position Status
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chief Medical Officer Current
Callisto Ltd. Chief Medical Officer Current
Astrazeneca Medical Director of Clinical Research and Development Former
Organization Position Status
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Secretary & Senior Vice President, Finance Current
Pawfect Foods Inc Senior Vice President, Finance Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Vice President, Finance Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Secretary Current
Meta Group, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Meta Group, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
Callisto Ltd. Vice President, Finance Former
Xenomics, Inc. Vice President Controller Former
Environetics Vice President, Finance Former
Columbia Business School CPA Former
Fairfield University CPA Former
Fairfield University B.A In Economics Former
Organization Position Status
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Senior Vice President, Drug Discovery Current
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Senior Vice President, Drug Discovery Current
University of Maryland Assistant Professor Former
Monsanto Company Former

Gabriele Cerrone has served as a director of Inhibitex since September 2007. From March 1999 to January 2005, Mr. Cerrone served as a Senior Vice President of Investments of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., a financial services firm. Between May 2001 and May 2003, Mr. Cerrone served on the board of directors of Siga Technologies, Inc. Mr. Cerrone co-founded Xenomics, Inc., a molecular diagnostic company, and served as Co- Chairman from July 2005 until November 2006. Mr. Cerrone also co-founded FermaVir Pharmaceuticals and served as Chairman of the Board from August 2005 until September 2007. Mr. Cerrone is a co-founder of Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as well as Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and currently serves as Chairman of the Board and a consultant to both publicly-held biopharmaceutical companies. Mr. Cerrone is the managing partner of Panetta Partners, Ltd., a Colorado limited partnership, that is a private investor in both public and private venture capital in the life sciences and technology arena as well as real estate. Mr. Cerrone graduated from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business with a degree in Finance.

Organization Position Status
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Co-Founder Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Co-Founder Current
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chairman of The Board of Directors Current
Pawfect Foods Inc Chairman of The Board Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chairman of the Board Current
Inhibitex, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Fermavir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Founder Former
Fermavir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chairman of the Board of Directors Former
SIGA Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Organization Position Status
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Senior Director, Clinical Operations Current
Callisto Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Current
University of Miami Ph.D. In Physiology Former
University of New Orleans Master of Science Former
University of New Orleans Bachelor of Science Former
Organization Position Status
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Director of the Laboratory Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Clinical Trial Advisor, Consultant Current
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Staff Physician Current
Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Medicine Current
Medical College of Wisconsin M.D. Degree Former

Dr. Johnson joins Callisto after an extensive career in the area of cancer drug development. With over 30 years of experience in government and industry in cancer drug discovery and development, Dr. Johnson is also a co-author on 200 scientific papers and an inventor on 14 issued U.S. patents. During his 20 year career at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (eventually GlaxoSmithKline), Dr. Johnson headed the cancer drug discovery effort and also was responsible for setting up centralized high throughput screening. Dr. Johnson was responsible for the discovery and development of topotecan, which has been marketed worldwide for the treatment of ovarian and lung cancers. He is currently an independent consultant in oncology and has, in the past 3 years, provided advice and guidance to over 60 clients in the venture capital, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Dr. Johnson is a member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of seven biotechnology companies in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Organization Position Status
Callisto Ltd. Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chairman Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Pharmacyclics, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Stephen K. Carter, M.D. has served on our Board of Directors since September 1998. Since 1997, Dr. Carter has been a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Carter was Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 1995 to 1997. Prior to joining Boehringer, Dr. Carter was Senior Vice President of Worldwide Clinical Research and Development at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. From 1976 to 1982, Dr. Carter served as Director of the Northern California Cancer Program. Dr. Carter was also appointed to President Clinton's panel for AIDS drug development. Dr. Carter is a director of Allos Therapeutics, Alfacell Corporation, Emisphere Technologies, Inc. and Vion Pharmaceuticals Inc. and several privately held companies. Dr. Carter received an A.B. in History from Columbia College and an M.D. degree from New York Medical College. He completed a medical internship and residency at Lenox Hill Hospital.

Organization Position Status
Emisphere Technologies, Inc. Director Current
Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director Current
Cytogen Corporation Director Current
Alfacell Corp Director Current
Allos Therapeutics, Inc. Director Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director Current
Tapestry Pharmaceuticals Inc. Director Current
Celator Pharmaceuticals Director Current
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Senior Vice President of Worldwide Clinical Research and Development Former
New York Medical College M.D. Degree Former
Columbia College A.B. In History Former
Organization Position Status
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chairman Former

John P. Brancaccio, a retired CPA, has served as a Director of our company since April 2004. Since April 2004, Mr. Brancaccio has been the Chief Financial Officer of Accelerated Technologies, Inc., an incubator for medical device companies. From May 2002 until March 2004, Mr. Brancaccio was the Chief Financial Officer of Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp., a biotechnology company. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Brancaccio was the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer of Eline Group, an entertainment and media company. Mr. Brancaccio is currently a director of Alfacell Corporation as well as a director of each of Xenomics, Inc. and FermaVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Accelerated Technologies Corporation Chief Financial Officer Current
Xenomics, Inc. Director Current
Onconase Board of Directors Current
Fermavir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director Current
Alfacell Corp Board of Directors Current
Inhibitex, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Compensation Committees Board of Directors Current
Pawfect Foods Inc Board of Directors Current
Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. Chief Financial Officer Former
Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. Secretary and Treasurer Former
Seton Hall University Certified Public Accountant Former
Deven International Former
Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. Treasurer Former
Seton Hall University Degree In Accounting Former

Moshe Talpaz, M.D. Dr. Talpaz is the chairman of our Scientific Advisory Board and currently is associated with the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center where he holds the titles of Professor, Internal Medicine, Associate Director, Translational Research and Associate Chief of Hematologic Malignancies. Dr. Talpaz was formerly the Professor of Medicine, David Burton, Jr. Endowed Chair at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Dr. Talpaz was formerly Chairman of the Department of Bioimmunotherapy of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Talpaz has been and continues to be involved in the clinical development of numerous cancer drugs and has been a pioneer in developing currently accepted treatment protocols especially in the leukemia area. Dr. Talpaz is a member of many committees such as the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines Panel and sits on several editorial and advisory boards, such as Hematology Digest, Bone Marrow Transplantation and Clinical Cancer Research. In 2003, Dr. Talpaz received the prestigious "Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Service to Mankind Award" for his pioneering work in this cancer field. Dr. Talpaz discovered the use of interferon-a for treating chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and he was the principal investigator until FDA approval. In addition, Dr. Talpaz has acted as a consultant to Hoffman LaRoche with regards to the FDA approval process for interferon.

Organization Position Status
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Dr. Dalla-Favera is Director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University, and the Percy and Joanne Uris Professor of Pathology and Professor of Genetics & Development. Dr. Dalla-Favera is an expert in the field of hematology malignancies, having received his medical degree and completed his training in hematology/oncology at the University of Milan, Italy. After a residency in hematology at the University of Milan and a visiting fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Dalla-Favera spent seven years on the New York University School of Medicine faculty, before joining Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons in the Department of Pathology, where he presently heads the University's Cancer Center and is the Director of the Specialized Center for Research on Lymphoma at Columbia funded by the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. Dr. Dalla-Favera is a distinguished investigator in the molecular genetics of cancer who has been recognized with several national awards, including the Stohlman Award from The Leukemia Society of America, and two NIH MERIT Awards, and he is an American Association of Physicians Fellow. Dr. Dalla-Favera is on the editorial board of a number of scientific journals, and has authored over 250 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Organization Position Status
Pathology Inc. Percy and Joanne Uris Professor Current
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Current
University of Milan Former
National Cancer Institute Former

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Average Volume 57,584
Shares Outstanding 50.91M
Market Cap 17.8M
Year High 0.35
Year Low 0.03
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