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Dr. Kenneth W. Bair Joins EntreMed's Senior Management Team
ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EntreMed, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENMD), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases, today announced that Kenneth W. Bair, Ph.D. has been appointed its Senior Vice President, Research and Development. Dr. Bair has also been elected an executive officer of EntreMed by the Board of Directors, reporting to James S. Burns, President & CEO.
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Dr. Bair brings to EntreMed over 25 years of management experience in oncology drug discovery, development and chemistry. Prior to joining EntreMed, Dr. Bair served as Senior Vice President and Head, BioPharmaceuticals Research at Chiron Corporation in Emeryville, California. Prior to joining Chiron Corporation in 2003, Dr. Bair was Vice President, Discovery Oncology at Pharmacia Corporation in Peapack, New Jersey. From 1982 until joining Pharmacia, Dr. Bair held positions of increasing responsibility within the pharmaceutical industry, including Unit Head of Oncology at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Executive Director and Head, Oncology Research Program, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation; and various oncology research positions at Burroughs Wellcome, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Dr. Bair received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Dr. Bair commented on his appointment at Entr
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