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Market Cap:$1.9M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$7.2M
  • Public
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PacificHealth Laboratories (hereinafter referred to as the "Company", "us", or "we") is a leading nutrition company that was incorporated in the State of Delaware in April 1995. We focus on the development, marketing and selling of patented premium nutrition tools that enable our consumers to enhance their health and improve their performance. Our principal areas of focus are sports performance and recovery, including optimal weight management. Our products can be marketed without prior Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") approval under current regulatory guidelines. Going forward, we expect to become a more commercially oriented consumer driven company that derives performance from its brands and science-based nutrition technology.

President & CEO
Jason Ash
Number of Employees 9
Contact Information

100 Matawan Rd Ste 420

Matawan, New Jersey 07747

pacifichealthla...

(732) 739-2900

NAICS Code Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing: 325411

Recent Events

  • NPI Watch - Nov. 2, 2009 - Editorial: Dr. Joshua Sharfstein at the Annual...

    11/03/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • QualityStocks: QualityStocks News - PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. (PHLI.OB) Announces Record Net Income and 15% Revenue...

    7/31/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • PacificHealth Laboratories Retains Cameron Associates for Investor Relations Services

    7/28/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Jason Ash President & CEO
Robert Portman CEO
Stephen P. Kuchen Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
Bruce Bollinger Executive Vice President, Marketing
Fred Duffner Senior Vice President Sales
Matt Spolar Vice President, Product Development & Supply Chain
Tom Wiener Vice President of Purchasing and Manufacturing
T Colin Campbell Consultant
David I. Portman Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Michael Cahr Chairman
Adam Mizel Board of Directors
Gary Jamison Board of Directors
Greg Horn board member
Joseph Harris Board of Directors
Lane Grove Board of Directors
Marc C. Particelli Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. President & CEO Current
Energy Limited Vice President Former
Energy Limited General Manager Former
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current

DR. ROBERT PORTMAN , age 64, currently serves as our non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Since August 1, 2008, Dr. Portman has been Managing Principal of Signal Nutrition, a research and development company. He served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer from June 2005 through July 2008 and Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Scientific Officer since September 2004. He served as President from June 2005 through the end of calendar year 2007. From our inception to September 2004, Dr. Portman served as our President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dr. Portman has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and worked as a senior scientist at Schering Laboratories before co-founding M.E.D. Communications in 1974. In 1987, Dr. Portman started a consumer agency and, in 1993, he merged both agencies to form C&M Advertising with billings in excess of $100 million. Dr. Portman is coauthor of two books, Nutrient Timing and The Performance Zone. He has authored hundreds of articles on the role of nutrition in improving sports performance. He is a frequent guest on TV and radio and has been a keynote speaker at national coaches meetings on how nutritional intervention during and after exercise can improve athletic performance and speed muscle recovery. As the former Chief Scientific Officer of PacificHealth Laboratories, he obtained 12 patents for nutritional inventions to improve sports performance as well as to control appetite and help in the management of Type II diabetes.

Organization Position Status
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. CEO Current
Satiatrim CEO and Chief Scientific Officer Current
Triad Development, Inc. President Current
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Chairman of The Board of Directors Current
LifeCell Corporation Director Current
Truswal Systems Corporation Director Current
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Chief Scientific Officer Former
Eli Lilly and Company Sales Representative and Marketing Manager Former
Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Marketing Manager Former
Jerhel Plastics, Inc. Controller Former
Able Laboratories, Inc. Controller Former
Schering-Plough Corporation Senior Scientist Former
Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Sales Representative Former
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Ph.D. In Biochemistry and Nutrition Former

STEPHEN P. KUCHEN , age 48, has served as Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary since June 2000. Mr. Kuchen also served as a Director from June 2000 until May 2008 and Chief Operating Officer from September 2004 until January 1, 2008. Mr. Kuchen initially joined us in February of 2000 as Controller. Prior to joining us, Mr. Kuchen was employed from 1996 to 1999 as the Controller of Able Laboratories, a public company located in South Plainfield, New Jersey that manufactured and sold generic pharmaceuticals. Prior to his employment by Able Laboratories, Mr. Kuchen was the Controller of Jerhel Plastics, a privately owned manufacturer of women's compact cases from 1993 to 1996. Mr. Kuchen is a graduate of Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ, and is a Certified Management Accountant.

Organization Position Status
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer Current
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Able Laboratories, Inc. Controller Former
Jerhel Plastics, Inc. Controller Former
Seton Hall University Former

Organization Position Status
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Executive Vice President, Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Senior Vice President Sales Current

Organization Position Status
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Vice President, Product Development & Supply Chain Current
Atkins Inc. Scientist Current
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. Vice President, Product Technology Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. Former
Product Development Corporation Manager Former
The Pennsylvania State University MS Former
The Pennsylvania State University BS Degrees In Food Science Former

Organization Position Status
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Vice President of Purchasing and Manufacturing Current

Organization Position Status
Bio Signia, Inc. Co-Founder, Board of Directors, Co-Chairman, Science Advisory Committee Current
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Consultant Current

Michael E. Cahr was elected as a director on January 28, 2009, and is a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Mr. Cahr is a general partner at Focus Equity Partners, a private equity investment and management firm that acquires middle-market companies and assists them in reaching their performance potential. Mr. Cahr has more than 30 years of experience as a venture capitalist, CEO and director of public and private companies. From September 2004 to June 2006, Mr. Cahr served as CEO of one of Focus Equity s investments, C&M Pharmacy, a Glenview, Illinois, specialty pharmacy company and engineered the sale of the company to Walgreen Co. Currently, Mr. Cahr acts as board member and advisor to another Focus investment, Business Only Broadband (BOB), a premier provider of carrier-class, fixed wireless primary and co-primary data network solutions for the business sectors in Chicago and the New York metropolitan area. Mr. Cahr serves as a director of Pacific Health Laboratories, a publicly-traded nutritional products firm that develops and commercializes functionally unique nutritional products.

Organization Position Status
Focus Equity Partners, LLC General Partner Current
LifeCell Corporation Director Current
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Mpower Communications Director Current
MakeMusic! Inc. Board of Directors Current
Focus Equity CEO Former
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Chairman Former
Fairleigh Dickinson University M.B.A. Former
Colgate University Undergraduate Degree In Economics Former

Adam Mizel was appointed to the Board of Directors in March 2009. Since September 2005, Mr. Mizel has been the Managing Principal of the General Partner of the Aquifer Opportunity Fund, L.P., an investment fund that takes a private equity approach to investing in small capitalization public companies. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. (PHLI). Mr. Mizel previously was Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Azimuth Trust, LLC., an alternative asset management firm from 2001 until 2005. Earlier, Mr. Mizel was a partner at Capital Z Partners, L.P., a private equity and alternative investment firm, and Managing Director at Zurich Centre Investments, Inc., the North American private equity unit of Zurich Financial Services Group. Mr. Mizel began his investment career at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in 1991.

Organization Position Status
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. Board of Directors Current

David I. Portman rejoined our Board of Directors on February 24, 2006, and had previously served on our Board from 1993 until December 31, 2002. Mr. Portman is the president of TRIAD Development, a real estate company that has numerous commercial and rental properties in New Jersey, a position that he has held since 1988. In addition, Mr. Portman currently serves as a director of Pacifichealth Laboratories, Inc., a publicly held nutrition technology company, a position he has held since August 1995. Montauk Financial Group underwrote the initial public offering of the common stock of Pacifichealth Laboratories. Mr. Portman has a BS in Pharmacy and an MBA. He worked as a sales representative and marketing manager for Eli Lilly, Beecham-Massengill, Winthrop Laboratories and Sandoz Pharmaceuticals before co-founding M.E.D. Communications in 1974. In 1988, Mr. Portman sold his interest in M.E.D. Communications and became President of TRIAD Development.

Organization Position Status
First Montauk Financial Corp. Class III Director Current
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Director Current
First Montauk Financial Corp. Board of Directors Current
Triad Development, Inc. President Current
Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Sales Representative Former

Organization Position Status
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Concordia College B.A. In Accounting Former

Greg Horn is a longtime leader in the nutritional supplements industry, and has dedicated his career to building brands that enhance healthy living. Prior to joining Garden of Life, Greg was the founder and CEO of Specialty Nutrition Group, Inc. (SNG), a leading innovator in nutrition brand building from concept through launch. He was also a co-founder of Brand New Brands, Inc. a leading functional food and beverage company. In addition, he also served as Chief Executive Officer of General Nutrition Centers (GNC), and was instrumental in building the GNC brand and increasing revenues by $100 million per year from 1991 to 2002, which grew the company from $400 million to $1.5 billion in revenues and growing the retail chain from 950 to 5,600 stores. Greg holds an MBA from UCLA and a BA (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Redlands.

Organization Position Status
Garden of Life, Inc. CEO Current
Specialty Nutrition CEO Current
Specialty Nutrition Founder Current
Fundingpost.Com Partner Current
Lyric Capital Partner Current
Redchip Companies, Inc. Director Current
Runonideas.Com Director Current
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. board member Current
Knowfat Board of Directors Current
General Nutrition Centers, Inc. CEO Former
Garden Co CEO Former
Specialty Nutrition President of Sng Former
Garden Co President Former
GNC Corporation Chief Operating Officer Former
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. advisor Former
University of California, Los Angeles MBA Former
Anderson School of Management Mba Former
University of Redlands BA Former

Joseph is currently a venture partner and a fund manager of Trillium Lakefront Partners III, an expansion stage technology venture capital fund. Joseph formerly served as senior vice president and director of Corporate Strategy and Development for SmithKline Beecham, currently Glaxo SmithKline, a multi-billion dollar global research-based pharmaceutical company. In that role, he analyzed, planned and executed strategic transactions for the company, including acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. During his tenure there, he completed several transactions totaling in excess of $2 billion, including the sale of SB Clinical Laboratories to Quest Diagnostics, Inc. and the sale of Diversified Pharmaceutical Systems to Express Scripts, Inc. Prior to his position with SmithKline Beecham, Joseph served as managing director of business development for Eastman Kodak Company, a global manufacturer and marketer of traditional and digital imaging products and services. In this position, he planned and managed more than 45 strategic transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and licensing transactions, totaling in excess of $10 billion. These transactions included the sale of Kodak's Clinical Diagnostics Division to Johnson & Johnson, a joint venture with Matsushita Electric, Inc. and the sale of Verbatim Corporation to Mitsubishi Kasai. Joseph has also served in senior management positions with companies manufacturing and marketing electronics and medical devices.

Organization Position Status
Trillium Group, LLC Venture Partner Current
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Orthovita, Inc. Board of Directors Current
SmithKline Beecham Corporation Senior Vice President Former
Cantel Medical Corp. Senior Vice President Former
GlaxoSmithKline Plc senior vice president Former
Cantel Medical Corp. Managing Director of Business Development Former
Eastman Kodak Company Managing Director of Business Development Former
SmithKline Beecham Corporation Director of Corporate Strategy & Development Former
Cantel Medical Corp. Director of Licensing Technology Development Former
GlaxoSmithKline Plc director of corporate strategy & development Former
The Mackenzie Law Firm Attorney Former
Johnson & Johnson Former
Verbatim Corporation, Inc. Former
Syracuse University Juris Doctor degree Former
Syracuse University Masters of Business Administration in Former
Syracuse University B.S Former
Syracuse University Degree Former

Organization Position Status
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Mktg Inc. Chairman of The Board Current
Free Frequent Flyer Miles Chairman, Coactive Marketing Group, Inc. Current
Mktg Inc. Board of Directors Current
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Coactive Chief Executive Officer Former
Modem Media, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Tsm Corporation Chief Executive Officer Former
Modem Media, Inc. President Former
Coactive Interim President Former
Modem Media, Inc. Chairman of the Board Former

Executive News

  • PacificHealth Laboratories Announces Retention of Cameron Associates for Investor Relations Services

    Business Wire - 7/23/09 - View Story

  • PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Schedules Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results Conference Call for July 29, 2009 at 4:00 P.M. ET

    Reuters - 7/22/09 - View Story

  • PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. Schedules Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results Conference Call for July 29, 2009 at 4:00 P.M. ET

    Business Wire - 7/22/09 - View Story

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     PHLI $0.12 -0.01 (-3.85% )
Average Volume 38,252
Shares Outstanding 15.45M
Market Cap 1.9M
Year High 0.44
Year Low 0.105
Earnings Per Share -0.15
P/E Ratio -0.83
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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