Mr. Walbert has been a member of our board of directors since March 2014 and has served as our chair since June 2015. Mr. Walbert has been the president and chief executive officer of Horizon Pharma since June 2008 and has been the chairman of the Horizon board since 2010. Previously, he served as president, chief executive officer, and director of IDM Pharma, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company which was acquired by Takeda America Holdings, Inc., or Takeda, in June 2009. Prior to IDM, Mr. Walbert served as executive vice president, commercial operations, at NeoPharm, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Walbert served as divisional vice president and general manager, immunology, where he led the global development and launch of the multi-indication biologic HUMIRA, which is on track to exceed $10.0 billion in 2013 sales, and divisional vice president, global cardiovascular strategy, at Abbott, now AbbVie. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Walbert served as director, CELEBREX North America, and arthritis team leader, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Canada at G.D. Searle & Company. From 1991 to 1998, Mr. Walbert also held sales and marketing roles with increasing responsibility at G.D. Searle, Merck & Co., Inc., and Wyeth. Mr. Walbert received his B.A. in business from Muhlenberg College. In addition to the Egalet board of directors, Mr. Walbert serves on the XOMA Ltd., Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization (iBIO), ChicagoNEXT and Greater Chicago Arthritis Foundation boards. Mr. Walbert was appointed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to the Illinois Innovation Council.

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