
Michael J. Luby, Co-Founder, Head of Business Development
Mike is Head of Business Development and is a Co-Founder of TargetRx. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors since the Company's inception. Prior to founding TargetRx, Mike spent 10 years in sales and marketing positions at Merck & Co., Inc. His most recent position at Merck was Senior Director of Marketing, Worldwide for New Products, where he was responsible for the marketing planning for two late stage development products. Previously, Mike served as Director of New Product Marketing, managing the marketing of early stage drug development candidates and also evaluating the marketing potential of in-licensing opportunities from biotech companies. Previous assignments included Senior Marketing Manager for Fosamax, Market Research Analyst for Vasotec and Prilosec, and marketing assignments that focused on marketing to managed care customers, including an assignment at Merck-Medco Managed Care. Mike holds a B.A. in economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Robert J. More, General Partner of Domain Associates
Bob joined Domain Associates as a Kauffman Fellow in 1997 and became a General Partner
in June 2000. Established by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, this program is
designed to promote entrepreneurial leadership by selecting graduate students in
business, science, and technology to join select venture capital firms. While at
Domain, Bob helped start Small Molecule Therapeutics, Inc., and he served as the
Chief Operating officer of this drug discovery company until October 1998, when he
returned to Domain. While in business school, Bob interned with MedVest, Inc., a seed
venture group focusing on healthcare start-ups. Previously, he held positions at
Somatogen, Inc. and at Pharmacia Biotech. Bob currently sits on the New Jersey
Economic Development Authority Technology Advisory Board. Bob holds a B.A. from
Middlebury College and an M.B.A. from the Darden School of Business Administration,
University of Virginia.
John M. Nehra, General Partner of New Enterprise Associates
John joined NEA in 1989 and focuses on a wide range of high-technology companies
with an emphasis on healthcare services and information systems, medical devices
and telecommunications. John currently sits on the boards of directors of
Achates/The Foundry, Bridge Medical, Celeris Corporation, eBenX, Evalve,
Fox Hollow Technologies, Iridex Corporation, Primax Recoveries, ProtoStar,
Proxima Therapeutics, Transfusion Technologies and TransVascular. His prior board
memberships include EndoMatrix, Integrated Telecom, Optical Sensors, Surgical Health,
TELOGY Networks and Vivra. Prior to joining NEA, John was a Managing Director of Alex.
Brown & Sons with primary responsibility for developing that firm's healthcare research,
investment banking and capital markets businesses. John also serves as the Managing
General Partner of Catalyst Ventures. John holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan.
Charles W. Newhall III, Co-Founder and General Partner of New Enterprise Associates
Chuck is a Co-Founder and General Partner of NEA. Chuck's investment activities focus
on healthcare service and biopharmaceutical companies. Chuck currently sits on the
boards of directors of AMERIGROUP, Caremark Rx, Communication Systems Technology,
ElderHealth, HealthSouth Corp., LifeMetrix, Pioneer EyeCare, Sensors for Medicine &
Science and VIRTMED. He works closely with MediSphere Health Partners & CompHealth.
His prior board memberships include Chomerics, Genetic Therapy, Life Technologies,
Russ Pharmaceuticals, Scandipharm, Sepracor, Surgical Health and Zymark Corporation.
He is a founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association. Before
co-founding NEA, Chuck was a Vice President with T. Rowe Price Associates and Vice
President of their New Horizons Fund. Chuck holds a B.A. in English Literature with
honors from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Harvard University
Graduate School of Business.
Stuart Samuels, Management Consultant
Mr. Samuels has more than 35 years of marketing and senior management experience in the pharmaceutical and healthcare information industries. Roles include General Manager of Rorer Pharmaceuticals, and President of the Dermik Laboratories. At Rorer, he managed, with total P&L responsibility, three operating divisions with more than $300 million in sales, $100 million in operating expenses and 1,000 employees. Prior roles include Vice President of Marketing for Revlon Healthcare Group, and nine years in senior marketing roles at Warner Lambert. As an independent management consultant since 1990, Mr. Samuels has provided executive-level support to a variety of organizations. He sits on the board of directors of Afferon Corporation, Chronimed, Inc., Health Market Science, Inc., PharMetrics, Inc., and TargetRx, Inc. Mr. Samuels holds a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.