Philippe Savard

Mr. Savard serves as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary with responsibility for protecting the legal interests of Acerus and managing its legal affairs. Prior to joining Acerus, Mr. Savard was Director & Counsel at DRI Capital Inc., a firm which manages private equity funds that purchase royalties owed on the sales of pharmaceutical products. Prior to his time at DRI Capital, Mr. Savard worked as an associate at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in Toronto, with a practice focused on transactional corporate securities, and as an associate at the law firm of Ropes & Gray LLP in New York, with a practice focused on corporate securities, mergers and acquisition and private equity. Mr. Savard holds a B. Sc. and a M. Sc. in Microbiology and Immunology from McGill University, a J.D. from the University of Toronto and a M.B.A. from the Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto).