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John T. Henderson, M.B., Ch.B.

John T. Henderson, M.B., Ch.B. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since February 2009, and as Chairman of our Board of Directors since April 2022.

Since December 2000, Dr. Henderson has served as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry as president of Futurepharm LLC. Dr. Henderson consulted for NeuroVia Inc. as Chief Development Officer and was an Executive Officer of this privately held company until October 2018. Until his retirement in December 2000, Dr. Henderson was with Pfizer Inc. for more than 25 years, most recently as a Vice President in the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group. Dr. Henderson previously held Vice Presidential–level positions with Pfizer in Research and Development in Europe and later in Japan. He was also Vice President, Medical for Pfizer’s Europe, U.S., and International Pharmaceuticals groups. Dr. Henderson has served on the Board of Directors of Myriad Genetics, Inc., a healthcare diagnostics company, since 2004, and has served as Chairman of Myriad’s Board of Directors since April 2005. He served on the Board of Directors of Myrexis, Inc. (formerly Myriad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) from June 2009 until January 2013. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of a privately held pharmaceutical research and development company. Dr. Henderson earned his B.S. and medical degrees from the University of Edinburgh and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Ed.) and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine.