Eric Rowinsky, M.D. and Martin Cannon Join Tapestry Board of...(was a longstanding National Cancer Insti...),Health

Date:12/5/2007

was a longstanding National Cancer Institute principal investigator, integrally involved in pivotal clinical and preclinical investigations which led to the development of both classical chemotherapeutics and targeted therapies including paclitaxel, docetaxel, topotecan, irinotecan, erlotinib, and gefitinib, among others. Dr. Rowinsky is the Editor-in-Chief of Investigational New Drugs, an Associate Editor and/or Editorial Board Member of Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research, Annals of Oncology, Cancer Biology and Therapy and several other oncology journals and has published over 270 manuscripts in both the preclinical and clinical research fields. Dr. Rowinsky's honors include receipt of the career development award of the American Cancer Society and the 6th Annual Emil J. Freireich Award for outstanding achievement of a young researcher in clinical cancer therapeutics. He also served on the Board of Scientific Counselors of the NCI.

Martin Cannon, prior to his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of New Health Sciences, Inc., a company developing technology for diagnosis and management of neuro-degenerative diseases, was Executive Vice President at Commerce One, where he was responsible for all business consulting divisions and all of the company's E-Commerce exchanges. He was also founder of Cannon Associates, a consulting firm focused on high growth opportunities in new technologies and emerging markets, including extensive work in clinical diagnostics and therapeutics in the US and internationally. Previously he was a Partner at the management consulting firms AT Kearney and Bain and Company, leading major multiyear growth and profit improvement programs for numerous Fortune 500 companies in healthcare and life sciences.

Dr. Arthur Hayes commented: "I have enjoyed my tenure on Tapestry's Board and continue to believe strongly in the Company. From this point on I will be cheering from the sidelines."

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