Joshua M. Schafer

Mr. Schafer was appointed to Director on the Company’s Board of Directors in 2019. Since 2015, he has served as Vice President and Head of Business Development and Strategy for Autoimmune and Rare Diseases at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. From 2009 until 2015, he served as Vice President and Oncology Therapeutic Area Head, Global Marketing and Strategy at Astellas Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, where he was responsible for building the company’s global oncology franchise. From 2000 until 2009, Mr. Schafer served in positions of increasing seniority at Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, including Manager and Senior Manager, New Product and New Business Development; Senior Product Manager, Gastrointestinal Marketing; and Director, Oncology and Renal Marketing and Commercial Development. He began working in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry in 1998, and has served in various positions at Accenture (formerly Anderson Consulting), G. D. Searle & Co. (later acquired by Pfizer) and Cognia Corporation. He received his BA in Biology and German at the University of Notre Dame, his MS in Biotechnology from Northwestern University and his MBA from Northwestern University.