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Dr. Walker is President and Chief Executive Officer at Aclaris Therapeutics. He is also a co-founding partner of NeXeption, LLC, a biopharmaceutical management company. He is a board certified dermatologist and serial entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Prior to founding Aclaris, he was co-founder, President and CEO of Vicept Therapeutics (acquired by Allergan). Dr. Walker has co-founded and led a number of life science companies: Octagon Research Solutions, a software and services provider to biopharmaceutical companies (acquired by Accenture); Trigenesis Therapeutics, a specialty dermatology company where he served as Chief Medical Officer (acquired by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories); Cutix Inc., a commercial dermatology company that markets PreSun®, a sunscreen brand acquired from Bristol-Myers Squibb. He began his pharmaceutical industry career at Johnson and Johnson. Dr. Walker co-founded and is Vice Chairman of Alexar Therapeutics, Inc. and serves on the Board of Directors of Sebacia, Inc. He also co-founded and serves on the Board of Directors of the Dermatology Summit, an Advancing Innovation in Dermatology Conference. He previously served on the Board of Directors for Octagon and the Advisory Board of Flexible Medical Systems. Dr. Walker received his MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Sanjay Shukla is a President/CEO at aTyr Pharma Inc, Advisor at Hiteks Solutions Inc., and Chief Medical Officer at Tesco and is based in San Diego, California. He has worked as Director, Investor & Media Relations at Aspreva Pharmaceuticals; Executive Director, Drug Development Operations at Aspreva Pharmaceuticals; and Consultant at aTyr Pharma Inc. Sanjay studied at Howard University College of Medicine between 1997 and 2001, University of Maryland Baltimore between 1993 and 1995, and University of Maryland between 1989 and 1993.

Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D. is one of our founders and has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since June 1994. Prior to founding Omeros, Dr. Demopulos completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Stanford University and his fellowship training at Duke University. Dr. Demopulos received his M.D. from the Stanford University School of Medicine and his B.S. from Stanford University.

Armin Spura is a Chief Executive Officer at Crown bioscience.

Eric Adams is a President/CEO at InMed Pharmaceuticals Inc and Board Member at InMed Pharmaceuticals Inc and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has worked as Director at ENGENE INC; Board Member at ENGENE INC; and Sr. Business Development Manager, Anti-Infectives at Abbott. Eric studied at UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA between 1987 and 1988 and University of Southern Indiana between 1982 and 1987.

Sanj K. Patel is the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, which is focused on developing and commercializing therapies for patients with devastating diseases and unmet medical need. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the Biopharmaceutical industry and has a combination of scientific, clinical and commercial skills. Kiniksa became public on the NASDAQ Global Market in May 2018. Sanj previously created Synageva in 2008 to focus on rare diseases and designed and initiated its lead program (Kanuma®) for Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency (LAL Deficiency) in July 2008. Kanuma was approved globally in 2015 as the first therapy for patients suffering from this devastating, often terminal disease. He took the company public on the NASDAQ Global Market in November 2011 and raised over $1 billion in capital in less than 5 years. In June 2015, Synageva was sold to Alexion Pharmaceuticals for $9.5B (including cash), which represented the highest premium ever paid for a biotech company valued over $5B. Prior to Synageva, Sanj was an executive at Genzyme Corporation (1999-2008) where he was head of U.S. Sales, Marketing and Commercial Operations for the Genzyme Therapeutics franchise, and led the U.S. launch of Myozyme®, in addition to sales and marketing responsibility for Cerezyme®, Fabrazyme® and Aldurazyme®. Previously, he held several cross-functional senior leadership roles at Genzyme, including Vice President, Clinical Research and Head of the Global Clinical Research Operations Council for all Genzyme divisions, including Therapeutics, Oncology and Transplant. He was responsible for clinical operations for all Genzyme products and was instrumental in the path to commercialization of several treatments. Notably, Sanj led the Fabrazyme® clinical operations team and development program to FDA approval in April 2003. Prior to Genzyme, he held senior roles in clinical research and commercial operations at Burroughs Wellcome, Hoechst Marrion Roussel and Fujisawa/Otsuka Pharmaceuticals. Sanj obtained his BSc with Honors in Biotechnology from the University of the South Bank, London. He completed his management and business studies at Ealing College, London and his Pharmacology research program at the Wellcome Foundation. Sanj is the founder and director of the Sanj K. Patel and Family Foundation, a philanthropic organization founded in 2015 which supports various charities focused on patients with rare and devastating diseases. In 2018, he created the Durham-Spencer Organization (encompassing the Orphanage Travel Inspires Program) which will provide opportunities for orphans in developing countries to travel the world and help enrich their minds and lives.