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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$7.5M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Besides the line of specialty generics, IMPAX is developing a line of proprietary drugs with a focus on the treatment of Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders. These disorders include ailments such as Alzheimer's disease, attention deficit hyperactivity, depression, epilepsy, migraines, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. According to IMS Health Incorporated data, CNS is the largest therapeutic category in the US with 2002 retail sales of $32 billion, or 15.7% of the $203 billion US retail drug market. CNS drug sales grew 10.4% in 2002 versus a sales growth of 9.1% for the entire industry. The executive management team of IMPAX has extensive experience developing and marketing CNS products. Our strategy is to build this portfolio primarily through internal development and, in addition, through licensing and acquisition. We intend to utilize our formulation and development expertise as well as our drug delivery technologies in the formulation of off-patent drug substances as differentiated, modified, or controlled-release pharmaceutical products that we will market as brand name products.

President and CEO
Larry Hsu
Number of Employees 749
Contact Information

30831 Huntwood Ave

Hayward, California 94544

impaxpharma.com

1 510 476 2000

NAICS Code Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing: 339112

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Larry Hsu President and CEO
Christopher Mengler President, Global Pharm. Div.
Michael J. Nestor President
Arthur A. Koch Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer
David S Doll Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations
Charles V. Hildenbrand Senior Vice President, Operations
Leslie Z. Benet Prof
Michael Markbreiter Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Charles Hsiao Chairman and Director
Nigel Fleming Chairman of Minerva Healthcare
Peter R. Terreri Chairman
Robert L. Burr Chairman
Sun Oh Kim Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. President and CEO Current
Impax Laboratories, Inc. President & CEO Current
Global Pharmaceuticals President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Current
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Impax Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Impax Laboratories, Inc. President Former
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Co-Founder Former
Abbott Laboratories Former
University of Michigan Ph.D. In Pharmaceutics Former

Christopher J. Mengler joined us in January 2008 as President, Global Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before joining us he was most recently Executive Vice President, Global Strategic Planning at Barr Laboratories, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Mr. Mengler joined Barr in 2002 as Vice President, Strategic Planning and was named Senior Vice President in 2005. Prior to joining Barr, Mr. Mengler was Director, Project Management at Pfizer, Inc. Prior to Pfizer, he served as Director of Planning and Logistics for Barr Laboratories, Inc. and held a number of increasingly responsible positions within the Sales and Marketing department. Mr. Mengler received a Bachelors of Science (BS) in Mathematical Sciences/Operations Research from the Johns Hopkins University, and a BS in Pharmacy from St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professionals. He later received his MBA in Marketing/Finance from Baruch College. Mr. Mengler is a registered pharmacist in New York and Florida, and is a practicing pharmacist in New York. He is also a current member of numerous pharmacist and pharmaceutical associations, including the American Pharmacists Association and the Rho Chi Pharmaceutical Honor Society.

Organization Position Status
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. President, Global Pharm. Div. Current
Baruch College MBA In Marketing, Finance Former
The Johns Hopkins University Bachelors of Science Former
St. John's University B.S. In Pharmacy Former

Michael J. Nestor joined us in March 2008 as the President of our newly formed branded products division, Impax Pharmaceuticals. Before joining us he was Chief Operating Officer of Piedmont Pharmaceuticals a specialty pharmaceutical company. Prior to Piedmont, Mr. Nestor was CEO of NanoBio a startup biopharmaceutical company, prior to which he was employed by Alpharma, initially as President of its generic pharmaceutical business and later as President of its branded pharmaceutical business. Before this he was President, International business at Banner Inc, a global contract manufacturing concern. Mr. Nestor spent 16 years at Lederle Laboratories/ Wyeth holding increasing positions of responsibility including Vice President, Cardiovascular business, Vice President/ General Manager of Lederle-Praxis Biologics, and Vice President/ General Manager of Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines and Pediatrics. Mr. Nestor has experience in a number of pharmaceutical therapeutic areas including vaccines, cardiovascular products, anti-infectives, dermatologics, CNS, generics and analgesics. Mr. Nestor has a bachelor of Business Administration degree from Middle Tennessee State University and a MBA from Pepperdine University.

Organization Position Status
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. President Current
Nanobio CEO Former
Alpharma, Inc. President Former
Nanobio Owner Former
Pepperdine University MBA Former
Middle Tennessee State University Bachelor of Business Administration Degree Former
Nanobio Chairman, Cso Former

Organization Position Status
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer Current
Global Pharmaceuticals Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer Current
Impax Laboratories, Inc. CFO & Senior Vice President, Finance Current
Strategic Diagnostics, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Ibah Cfo Former
Premier Solutions, Inc. Cfo Former
KPMG International senior manager Former
Temple University Bachelor of Business Administration Former

Mr. Doll has been Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations since February 2006. Prior to that he served as the Company's Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing since joining the Company in March 2001. From June 1993 until February 2001, Mr. Doll served in a number of management functions at Merck & Co., Inc. such as: Senior Director - Managed Care, General Manager - West Point Pharma and Director of Marketing - West Point Pharma. From December 1984 until June 1993, Mr. Doll held a number of sales and marketing management positions at Lemmon Company, a division of Teva Pharmaceutical. Mr. Doll has a B.S. in Commerce from Rider University as well as an MBA in Pharmaceutical Marketing from Saint Joseph's University.

Organization Position Status
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations Current
Global Pharmaceuticals Executive Vice President Current
Rider University B.S. In Commerce Former

Mr. Hildenbrand is our Senior Vice President, Operations, a position he has held since he joined Impax in September 2004. From 1996 until September 2004, Mr. Hildenbrand worked for the PF Laboratories, Inc. as Plant Manager until 2001, and then as Executive Director of Engineering and Technical Services. From 1983 until 1996, Mr. Hildenbrand worked at Lederle Laboratories/Wyeth as Section Head of Biochemical Production, Manager of Filing and Packaging, and then Production Director of Consumer Health Products. Mr. Hildenbrand holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Villanova University, as well as an MBA from Lehigh University.

Organization Position Status
Global Pharmaceuticals Senior Vice President, Operations Current
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Senior Vice President, Operations Current
The P.F. Laboratories Inc. Executive Director of Engineering and Technical Services Former
The Filing Company, LLC Manager Former
The P.F. Laboratories Inc. Plant Manager Former
The Filing Company, LLC Section Head of Biochemical Production Former
Lederle Laboratories Former
Lehigh University Mba Former
Villanova University B.S. In Chemical Engineering Former

Charles Hsiao, Ph.D. has been Chairman and a Director of the Company since December 14, 1999. Since January 1, 2004, Dr. Hsiao has also been leading IMPAX Technologies, a division of IMPAX Laboratories, Inc. In addition, Dr. Hsiao was Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 1999 to 2003. Dr. Hsiao co-founded Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 1994, and served as its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a Director from its inception. Dr. Hsiao co-founded IVAX Corporation in 1986 with two partners. By October 1994, when he left the Vice-Chairman position at IVAX, this company had become the world's largest generic pharmaceutical company with approximately 7,000 employees and $1 billion in worldwide sales. Dr. Hsiao's technical expertise is in the area of formulation and development of oral controlled-release dosage forms. Dr. Hsiao obtained his Ph.D. in pharmaceutics from the University of Illinois.

Organization Position Status
Global Pharmaceuticals Chairman and Director Current
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chairman and Director Current
Impax Laboratories, Inc. Chairman Current
Global Pharmaceuticals Co-Chief Executive Officer Former
IVAX Corporation Co-Founder Former
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Co-Founder Former
IVAX Corporation Vice-Chairman Former
Impax Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Former
University of Illinois Ph.D. In Pharmaceutics Former

Leslie Z. Benet, Ph.D . has been a Professor since 1969 of, and has also served as Chairman of, the Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Benet has since 1995 been Chairman, President or Chief Executive Officer of AvMax Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. He received his A.B. (English), B.S. (Pharmacy), and M.S. from the University of Michigan, and his Ph.D. from the University of California. Dr. Benet has received six honorary doctorates: Uppsala University, Sweden (Pharm.D., 1987); Leiden University, The Netherlands (Ph.D., 1995); University of Illinois at Chicago (D.Sc., 1997); Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (D.Sc., 1997); Long Island University (D.Sc., 1999); and University of Athens (Ph.D., 2005). Dr. Benet s research interests, more than 470 publications, and 11 patents are in the areas of pharmacokinetics, biopharmaceutics, drug delivery, and pharmacodynamics. He is listed among the 250 most highly cited pharmacologists worldwide. In 1985, Dr. Benet served as President of the APhA Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences. During 1986, Dr. Benet was a founder and first President of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). In 1987, Dr. Benet was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Benet has received the highest scientific awards of AAPS (1989 and 2000), Rho Chi (1990), American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (1991), American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (1995), American Pharmaceutical Association (2000), International Pharmaceutical Federation (2001) and in 2004 received the Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress Research Achievement Award and the Controlled Release Society Career Achievement in Oral Drug Delivery Award. Dr. Benet formerly served as Chair of the FDA Expert Panel on Individual Bioequivalence and the FDA Center for Biologics Peer Review Committee, and as a member of the FDA Science Board and the Generic Drugs Advisory Committee. Dr. Benet presently serves as a member of the IOM Forum on Drug Discovery, Development and Translation.

Organization Position Status
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prof Current
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director Current
Impax Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists President Former
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Founder Former
Long Island University D.Sc. Former
University of Illinois at Chicago Ph.D. Former
University of Michigan M.S. Former
Leiden University Pharm.D. Former

Organization Position Status
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chairman of Minerva Healthcare Current
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director Current
Global Pharmaceuticals Director Current
Impax Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Biovision, Inc. Managing Director and Director Former
Athena Diagnostics, Inc. Founder Former
Biovision, Inc. Co-Founder Former
Harvard Medical School Lecturer Former
Biovision, Inc. Director Former
University of Cambridge Ph.D. in Clinical Biochemistry Former

Mr. Terreri has over 20 years of experience primarily in generic pharmaceuticals with a specialized expertise in finance. Currently he is President & CEO of CGM, Inc., a manufacturing company that he owns and operates and is responsible for all functional areas of the business. Prior to CGM, Mr. Terreri was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Teva Pharmaceuticals USA from 1985 to 2000 where he actively participated in the growth of Teva from a $20 million local generic pharmaceutical company into a global leader in generic pharmaceuticals. As an active member of senior management, he was involved in all facets of decisions within Teva, including structuring and negotiating company and product acquisitions, participating in multiple public financings, and securing several licensing deals and a substantial credit line. In addition to his role as CFO, Mr. Terreri contributed to many areas related to the Company's success outside of finance, including product development selection, facility utilization, business development, strategic planning and implementing integration plans for the Company's acquisitions. He also supervised areas such as operations, sales and marketing, and information technology during his tenure.

Organization Position Status
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chairman Current
Global Pharmaceuticals Director Current
Impax Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director Current
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Chief Financial Officer Former
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Senior Vice President Former

Bob Burr has been a Director of the Company since August 1999. Mr. Burr has been a Partner of Windcrest Discovery Investments LLC, an investment management firm, from its inception in February 2002 and since October 2001 has a consulting agreement with J.P. Morgan Partners under which he is the lead partner of Fleming US Discovery Partners, L.P., a private equity sponsor affiliated with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Fleming US Discovery Partners, L.P. is the general partner of Fleming US Discovery Fund III, L.P. and Fleming US Discovery Offshore Fund III, L.P. Mr. Burr was employed by J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. from July 1995 to October 2001. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Burr was head of Private Equity at Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. Previously, Mr. Burr served as the Managing General Partner of Morgan Stanley Ventures and General Partner of Morgan Stanley Venture Capital Fund I, L.P. and was a corporate lending officer with Citibank, N.A. Mr. Burr serves on the Board of Directors of Displaytech, Inc. and Impax Laboratories, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Windcrest Discovery Investments LLC Partner Current
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chairman Current
Displaytech, Inc. Chairman Current
Impax Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Hudson Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Kidder, Peabody & Co. Head of Private Equity Former
Citibank, N.A. Corporate Lending Officer Former
Citigroup Inc. Former
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Columbia University MBA Former
Stanford University BA Former

Organization Position Status
Sofaer Capital Inc. Portfolio Manager Current
Impax Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Global Pharmaceuticals Director Current
Impax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director Current
Alyn Director Current
Cambridge University Degree In Engineering Former

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

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