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This excerpt taken from the ABII DEF 14A filed Oct 30, 2009. Nominees for Directors Patrick Soon-Shiong, M.D., 57, has served as our executive chairman and chief executive officer of Abraxis Health since April 2009. Prior to that, Dr. Soon-Shiong served as chairman and chief executive officer from our separation from old Abraxis BioScience (Old Abraxis) in November 2007 until April 2009. Dr. Soon-Shiong also served as chief executive officer of APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (New APP), the successor to Old Abraxis, from November 2007 through May 2008 and served as the chairman of New APP from the separation until the acquisition of New APP by Fresenius SE in September 2008. He was also the chairman and chief executive officer of Old Abraxis from April 2006 through November 2007. Dr. Soon-Shiong also served American Pharmaceutical Partners (Old APP) as its president from July 2001 and chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors from its inception in March 1996. He also served as president, chief financial officer and a director of American BioScience, Inc. (ABI) from June 1994 until April 2006 when Old APP and ABI were merged to form Old Abraxis. Dr. Soon-Shiong has devoted his career to developing next-generation technologies to treat patients with life-threatening diseases. Dr. Soon-Shiong performed the first encapsulated islet transplant in a diabetic patient and co-invented Abraxane® and the nab® tumor targeting technology platform. Noted organizations have recognized Dr. Soon-Shiongs research with numerous national and international awards such as the Association for Academic Surgery Award for Research, the American College of Surgeons Schering Scholar, the Royal College Physicians and Surgeons Research Award, the Peter Kiewit Distinguished Membership in Medicine Award, and the International J.W. Hyatt Award for Service to Mankind. Dr. Soon-Shiong received the 2006 Gilda Club Award for the advancement of cancer medicine and is a recipient of a 2007 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Caritas Award from St. Johns Health Center and the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from St. Marys Medical Center. In 2008, Dr. Soon-Shiong received the Medical Visionary Award from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network for his work in pancreatic cancer. He is a co-inventor of over 50 issued United States patents and has published more than 100 scientific papers. Dr. Soon-Shiong holds a degree in medicine from the University of the Witwatersrand and a M.Sc. in science from the University of British Columbia. Dr. Soon-Shiong is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Dr. Soon-Shiong serves on the Board of Directors of Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., the National Institute of Transplantation, the Technology Council for the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence at Northwestern University, two advisory boards of the RAND Corporation (the Health Board and the Asia Pacific Policy Board), the Presidents Council at the RAND Corporation, the Board of Trustees for the Saint Johns Health Center, the Board of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, the advisory board for the Institute for Technology Advancement (ITA) at the UCLA School of Engineering & Applied Science and the Board of Councilors of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. In 2009, Dr. Soon-Shiong was appointed as Chairman of the Steering Committee of Life Sciences of the X-Prize Foundation, Founding Board member of Dossia Foundation and executive director of the UCLA Wireless Health Institute. David S. Chen, Ph.D., 61, has served as a director since the separation in November 2007. Dr. Chen previously served as a director of Old Abraxis from June 1998 to the date of the separation. Dr. Chen has been a senior executive vice president of China Development Industrial Bank since February 2004. Dr. Chen also served
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as president of China Trust Venture Capital Corporation from October 2001 to May 2004 and was the chairman of Cypac Investment Management Limited from 1998-2001. He served as chief executive officer of Central Investment Holdings Company from July 1996 to February 2000, and its chief financial officer from May 1991 to February 1994. Dr. Chen holds a B.S. in agricultural economics from National Taiwan University, a M.B.A. from California State University at Long Beach and a Ph.D. in business administration from Nova University, Florida. Kirk K. Calhoun, 65, has served as a director since the separation in November 2007. Mr. Calhoun previously served as a director of Old Abraxis from 2002 to the date of the separation. He joined Ernst & Young LLP in 1965 and served as a partner of the firm from 1975 until his retirement in June 2002 where his responsibilities included both area management and serving clients in a variety of industries. Mr. Calhoun is a certified public accountant with a background in auditing and accounting. Mr. Calhoun is also a director of Response Genetics, Inc. Mr. Calhoun holds a B.S. in accounting from the University of Southern California. Stephen D. Nimer, M.D., 55, has served as a director since the separation in November 2007. Dr. Nimer previously served as a director of Old Abraxis from May 2001 to the date of the separation. Dr. Nimer has been the Chief of the Hematology Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center since 1993 and Vice Chairman for Faculty Development since 2008. He was head of the Division of Hematologic Oncology from 1996 to 2008. He has also taught medicine at the Cornell University School of Medicine since 1993. Dr. Nimer holds a M.D. from the University of Chicago and a B.S. in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Leon (Lonnie) O. Moulder, Jr., 52, has served as vice chairman of our board of directors and our president and chief executive officer since April 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Moulder served as vice chairman of Eisai Corporation of North America from January 2008 until January 2009, following Eisais acquisition in January 2008 of MGI PHARMA, INC., where he served as president and chief executive officer from May 2003 through January 2008. Mr. Moulder joined MGI PHARMA in September 1999 as executive vice president and was promoted to president and chief operating officer in May 2002. Prior to MGI PHARMA, he was a member of the founding management team and vice president, business development & commercial affairs of Eligex, Inc., a venture-stage biomedical company, from October 1997 to September 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Moulder served for 16 years in a number of commercial roles for Hoechst Marion Roussel (now Sanofi Aventis) and its predecessor companies. He began his career as a clinical pharmacist. Mr. Moulder was previously a board member of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and is a member of the Board of Visitors of the Temple University school of Pharmacy. He earned a bachelor of science degree in pharmacy from Temple University and master of business administration degree from the University of Chicago. Leonard Shapiro, 81, has served as a director since the separation in November 2007. Mr. Shapiro previously served as a director of Old Abraxis from July 2002 to the date of the separation. He has more than 50 years of business experience as an entrepreneur and founder of Shapco, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of pipe products, where he has been the chief executive officer since 1960. As chief executive officer of Shapco, Inc., he presided over the firms real estate investment activities in addition to its manufacturing and distribution operations. Shapco, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, employs over 300 employees in various locations throughout the western United States. This excerpt taken from the ABII DEF 14A filed Oct 3, 2008. Nominees for Directors Patrick Soon-Shiong, M.D. has served as our chairman and chief executive officer since our separation from old Abraxis BioScience (Old Abraxis) in November 2007. Dr. Soon-Shiong also served as chief executive officer of APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (New APP), the successor to Old Abraxis, from November 2007 through May 2008 and served as the chairman of New APP from the separation until the acquisition of New APP by Fresenius SE in September 2008. He was also the chairman and chief executive officer of Old Abraxis from April 2006 through November 2007. Dr. Soon-Shiong also served American Pharmaceutical Partners (APP) as its president from July 2001 and chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors from its inception in March 1996. He also served as president, chief financial officer and a director of American BioScience, Inc. (ABI) from June 1994 until April 2006 when APP and ABI were merged to form Old
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Abraxis. Dr. Soon-Shiong has devoted his career to developing next-generation technologies to treat patients with life-threatening diseases. Dr. Soon-Shiong performed the first encapsulated islet transplant in a diabetic patient and co-invented Abraxane® and our nab tumor targeting technology platform. Dr. Soon-Shiongs research has been recognized by noted organizations with numerous national and international awards such as the Association for Academic Surgery Award for Research, the American College of Surgeons Schering Scholar, the Royal College Physicians and Surgeons Research Award, the Peter Kiewit Distinguished Membership in Medicine Award, and the International J.W. Hyatt Award for Service to Mankind. Dr. Soon-Shiong received the 2006 Gilda Club Award for the advancement of cancer medicine and is a recipient of a 2007 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Caritas Award from St. Johns Health Center and the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from St. Marys Medical Center. He is a co-inventor of over 50 issued U.S. patents and has published more than 100 scientific papers. Dr. Soon-Shiong holds a degree in medicine from the University of the Witwatersrand and a M.Sc. in science from the University of British Columbia. Dr. Soon-Shiong is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Dr. Soon-Shiong serves on the Board of Directors for the National Institute of Transplantation, the Technology Council for the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence at Northwestern University, two advisory boards of the RAND Corporation (the Health Board and the Asia Pacific Policy Board), the Board of Trustees for the Saint Johns Health Center and the Board of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. Kirk K. Calhoun has served as a director since the separation in November 2007. Mr. Calhoun previously served as a director of Old Abraxis from 2002 to the date of the separation. He joined Ernst & Young LLP in 1965 and served as a partner of the firm from 1975 until his retirement in June 2002 where his responsibilities included both area management and serving clients in a variety of industries. Mr. Calhoun is a certified public accountant with a background in auditing and accounting. Mr. Calhoun is a director and chairman of the audit committee of Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc. and Replidyne, Inc. Mr. Calhoun holds a B.S. in accounting from the University of Southern California. Stephen D. Nimer, M.D. has served as a director since the separation in November 2007. Dr. Nimer previously served as a director of Old Abraxis from May 2001 to the date of the separation. Dr. Nimer has been associated with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center since 1993 and has been head of the division of hematologic oncology since 1996 and chief of hematology service since 1993. He has also taught medicine at the Cornell University School of Medicine since 1993. Dr. Nimer holds a M.D. from the University of Chicago and a B.S. in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Leonard Shapiro has served as a director since the separation in November 2007. Mr. Shapiro previously served as a director of Old Abraxis from July 2002 to the date of the separation. He has more than 50 years of business experience as an entrepreneur and founder of Shapco, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of pipe products, where he has been the chief executive officer since 1960. As chief executive officer of Shapco, Inc., he presided over the firms real estate investment activities in addition to its manufacturing and distribution operations. Shapco, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, employs over 300 employees in various locations throughout the western United States. David S. Chen, Ph.D. has served as a director since the separation in November 2007. Dr. Chen previously served as a director of Old Abraxis from June 1998 to the date of the separation. Dr. Chen has been a senior executive vice president of China Development Industrial Bank since February 2004. Dr. Chen also served as president of China Trust Venture Capital Corporation from October 2001 to May 2004 and was the chairman of Cypac Investment Management Limited from 1998-2001. He served as chief executive officer of Central Investment Holdings Company from July 1996 to February 2000, and chief financial officer from May 1991 to February 1994. Dr. Chen holds a B.S. in agricultural economics from National Taiwan University, a M.B.A. from California State University at Long Beach and a Ph.D. in business administration from Nova University, Florida. | EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
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