Janet Vergis and Eric Sharps-Funding Biotechnology

Janet Vergis currently sits on the Board of several life sciences companies after a long and very successful career in biotech from bench scientist to CEO (OraPharma) and President (Janssen Pharmaceutica). She was recently awarded the lifelong Penn State Alumni Fellow Award, the highest award given by the alumni association._ Eric Sharps founded his own company, four square partners; he went from being a biochemist to a biotech industry analyst. _ _