Gordon Binder

Mr. Gordon Binder is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of NEUVOGEN. He was Chief Executive Officer of Amgen, Inc. the world’s largest biotech company, from 1988 through 2000. During Mr. Binder’s tenure as CEO, the company grew from 400 employees to 7,000 to rank within the top 20 pharmaceutical companies in worldwide revenues, the top 15 in U.S. sales, and the top 10 in market capitalization. He joined Amgen in 1982 as CFO, having previously served as CFO of System Development Corporation, a computer system and software company primarily serving the federal government, and in financial management positions at Litton Industries and Ford Motor Company. Mr. Binder served as Chairman of BIO, the biotechnology industry trade association and as Chairman of PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry trade association. He also served as a member of the Board of Directors of MIT, Caltech, AEI (the American Enterprise Institute) and Pepperdine University. After retiring from Amgen, Mr. Binder founded Coastview Capital LLC, a biotech venture capital firm. He is a graduate of Purdue University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Binder is the author of Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me About Management.