Howard B. Haimes
Havre De Grace, MD 21078
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Objective: Director of Pharmacology/Toxicology for Premier Pharmaceutical Company
Management of preclinical evaluation and assessment of novel therapeutics
Professional
1. Extensive experience directing diverse areas of science, establishing and managing
external collaborations and managing preclinical science efforts aimed at moving
small molecule therapeutics, cell therapy and medical devices through development
and regulatory pathways
2. Twenty five years of research management experience in companies involved in
developing innovative solutions to commercialize products. Managed preclinical
efficacy, pharmacology and safety assessment through IND and early Phase II
development
3. Founding member of Organogenesis Inc.
4. U.S. Government Security Clearance: Secret
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
January 2013 Senior Pharmacology Scientist
Joint Research & Development
Medical Acquisitions Group
Joint Program Executive Office
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010
Provide scientific expertise to Medical Acquisitions Group
Use Industry Best Practices approach to due diligence efforts
Review CBRN programs
Provide white papers
Provide oversight on project IPR’s and document via ExSums or Hot Topics
Serve as industrial liaison to FDA-OCET
Provide regulatory science support to JPEO-CBRN
Serve as scientific thought leader to JPEO CBD efforts for Medical Countermeasures
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Jan. 2011 – August 2012 Project Toxicologist
AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical, LP
35 Gatehouse Drive
Waltham, MA 02451
Manage discovery toxicology, safety pharmacology and in vitro screening studies on
oncology and anti-infective NCE’s (Small Molecule)
Projects include both gram negative and positive agents (both IV and oral
formulations). Susceptible microbes include MRSA, E. coli, Kpn, and Pae.
Have worked on conventional and novel drug targets. (6 projects)
Serve as key discovery toxicologist on various project teams to facilitate routine
screening and development of SAR as well as problem solving and de-risking
compounds in development
Key stakeholder responsible for presentation of safety data to local and senior project
management teams.
Serves to transition compounds through governance process by appropriate
documentation and transition to regulatory studies in compliance with ICH, EMEA
and FDA guidance.
Formulate clinical strategy in concert with physicians so as to balance assets and
liabilities for Best in Class, First in Class, combination therapy.
Aug 2009-Jan 2011 Discovery Toxicologist
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP
35 Gatehouse Drive
Waltham, MA 02451
Manage discovery toxicology, safety pharmacology and in vitro screening studies on
oncology and anti-infective NCE’s
April 2007- Aug 2009 Toxicology Project Leader
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP
35 Gatehouse Drive
Waltham, MA 02451
Manage non-clinical requirements for portfolio of Oncology, Anti-Infectives and
Psychiatry small molecule NCE’s
Responsible for conduct of safety pharmacology, in vitro profiling, genetox
assessment and toxicology profiling for regulatory submissions
Led a problem Solving team of 15 scientists to a successful outcome
Presentation to governance bodies
Responsible for CTA, IND, IMPD, Investigator Brochures and HELC submissions to
FDA, EMEA & Health Authorities
Responsible for due diligence for in-licensing opportunities
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Feb. 2004 – April 2007 Executive Director Preclinical Sciences
Alteon
6 Campus Drive
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Responsible for external CRO and Academic preclinical studies
Responsible for preclinical safety assessment (hERG binding, patch clamp studies,
receptor binding assays, carcinogenicity, etc.).
Managed Intellectual Property Portfolio
Presentations to multi-national companies, venture capitalists
Submitted new IND 72, 382 IND 72,382 Alagebrium Chloride (ALT-711), Oral Original
IND with Protocol ALT-711-0526 (Heart Failure) responsible for ongoing preclinical,
pharmacology and advanced safety assessment including carcinogenicity testing Food
and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Division of
Cardiovascular and Renal Products
Submitted IND 69,417, Alagebrium Chloride, Oral (Erectile dysfunction) - responsible
for ongoing preclinical, pharmacology and advanced safety assessment including
carcinogenicity testing. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Division of
Reproductive & Urologic Drug Product (DRUDP)
Filed CMC updates and annual report for IND 70,370 ALT 2074 (BXT-51072) Food and
Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Division of
Cardiovascular and Renal Products. Served as regulatory liaison.
Filed annual reports, CMC updates, informational amendments, etc.
Filed consolidated study reports, annual reports and additional safety assessment as above
for IND 59, 807 ALT-711 Oral for Study of Cardiovascular Disease
Bioheart Inc.
Dec 1999 - Feb. 2004 Various positions (Director of Business Development, VP of
Operations, Executive Director of Preclinical Sciences, Chief
Scientific Officer of BioPace)
Executive Director - Preclinical Studies
Bioheart Inc.
C/o Mass Biomedical Initiatives
25 Winthrop St.
Worcester, MA 01604
Responsible for all Preclinical studies for IND submissions and FDA requisites
Responsible for preclinical studies and regulatory submissions for two INDs (CBER)
IND 10207 (catheter-based delivery) of autologous myoblasts and IND 10157 (open-
chest delivery).
Filed Intellectual Property for Bioheart/BioPace
Presentations to Angel & Venture Capitalists
Raised $8MM in funding
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1998 - 1999 President of Akoslogic, Inc.
Newly incorporated biopharmaceutical firm using small molecule inhibitors for
mitigation of transplant rejection and rheumatoid arthritis. (DPP IV)
1996 – 1997 Independent Consultant
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. ML
Strategies
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
Entrepreneurial activities aimed at initiating new biotech/pharmaceutical new
ventures, leveraging academic opportunities, etc.
Independent Consultant
Genzyme Tissue Repair
Framingham, MA
VIMRX Pharmaceuticals
Wilmington, DE
Ontogeny, Inc.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Assessment of Signal Transduction pathway inhibitors (tyrosine kinase)
Development of Animal Models
Histopathology
1992-1996 OsteoArthritis Sciences Inc.
1 Kendall Square, Building 200
Cambridge, MA 02139
1994 - 1996 Director of Biological Sciences
Generated and assembled preclinical documentation in support of an approved IND
for a non- steroidal, topical anti-inflammatory agent (LTB4 inhibitor). Coordinated
biological efforts to assess and characterize small molecule compounds for disease
modifying activity for contact dermatitis, osteoarthritis, wound healing etc.
Initiated and monitored external collaborative studies on wound healing, drug
delivery systems, mechanism of action, pharmacology profile etc.
Directed the scientific assessment, research and business development of Cell and
Molecular Biology, Protein Biochemistry and Animal Pathology Groups. (15 direct
reports) Coordination of research, documentation, personnel reviews etc.
Presentations to Board of Directors, SAB, venture capitalists, multi-national large
pharma
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1992 - 1994 Director of Animal Pathology
Established in-house preclinical pharmacology program for evaluation of compounds
by Carrageenan Paw edema assay, Randall Sellito, adjuvant arthritis, Contact
dermatitis models, septic shock
Participated in study on transgenic model of OA with Harvard Medical School and
Merck.
Developed and instituted a small animal model of developing osteoarthritis. (Surgical
induction of joint instability in Hartley strain guinea pig). Validated drug testing
paradigm for evaluation of potential disease modifying compounds by intra-articular
route of administration
Participated in collaboration with Cornell University and New York University on
hormonally induced model of cartilage degeneration
Chairperson of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
1985 - 1991 Founding Member / Group Leader Morphology
Organogenesis Inc.
83 Rogers Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
Generated data that led to the scientific development, licensing, research contracts,
financial sourcing for scientific program and involved in business development
leading to IPO
Developed Histopathologic grading system for evaluation of Living Skin Equivalents
and Testskin
Directed research efforts on the morphologic characterization on Dense Fibrillar
Collagen
Responsible for the histopathologic and ultrastructural characterization of blood
vessel equivalents prior and subsequent to implantation in dogs.
Wrote preclinical sections of IDE for investigational product later to be
commercialized as Apligraft
1984 - 85 Visiting Scientist, Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1981 - 1984 Post-doctoral Research Associate, Anatomy
Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine,
Nashville, TN
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PUBLICATIONS
Essner, E., and Haimes, H., Ultrastructural Study of GERL in Beige Mouse Alveolar
Macrophages. J. Cell Biol. 75: 381, 1977
Oliver C, Essner E, Zimring A, Haimes H. Age-related accumulation of ceroid-like pigment
in mice with Chediak-Higashi syndrome. Am J Pathol. 1976 Aug; 84(2):225-38.
Essner E, Oliver C, Haimes H. Fate of exogenous peroxidase in renal lysosomes of mice with
Chediak-Higashi syndrome. Am J Pathol. 1974 Dec; 77(3):407-22.
Stockert, R.J., Haimes, H.B., Morell, A.G., Novikoff, P.M., Novikoff, A.B., Quintana, N.,
and Sternlieb, I. Endocytosis of Asialoglycoprotein-Enzyme Conjugates by Hepatocytes.
Lab. Invest. 43 (6): 556, 1980
Haimes, H.B., Stockert, R.J., Morell, A.G., and Novikoff, A.B., Carbohydrate- Specified
Endocytosis: Localization of Ligand in the Lysosomal Compartment. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
(USA) 78 (11): 6936, 1981
Topol, B.M., Haimes, H.B., Dubertret, L., and Bell, E., Transfer of Melanososmes in a Skin
Equivalent Model In Vitro. Jour. Invest. Dermatol. 87 (5): 642, 1986
Bell, E., Parenteau, N.L., Haimes, H.B., Gay, R.J., Kemp, P.D., Fofonoff, T.W., Mason, V.S.,
Kagan, D.T., and Swiderek, M., Testskin: A Hybrid Organism Covered by a Living Human
Skin Equivalent Designed for Toxicity and Other Testing. Progress in In Vitro Toxicology,
Alternative Methods in Toxicology Vol., (Proceedings of a Symposium by the Johns Hopkins
Center on Alternatives to Animal Testing) Mary Ann Lieber, Inc., publisher, New York, N.Y.
pp. 15-25, 1988
Bell, E., Rosenberg, M., Kemp, P., Parenteau, N., Haimes, H., Chen, J., Swiderek, M.,
Kaplan, F., Kagan, D., Mason, V., and Boucher. L., Reconstitution of Living Organ
Equivalents from Specialized Cells and Matrix Biomolecules. Organes artificiels hybrides
Hybrid artificial organs C. Bacquey and B. Dupeys Eds. Collique INSERM, Vol. 177, 1989,
pp 13-28, 1989
Bell, E., Gay, R., Swiderek, M., Class, T., Kemp, P., Green, G., Haimes, H., and Bilbo, P.
(1989). Use of Fabricated Living Tissue and Organ Equivalents as Defined Higher Order
Systems for the Study of Pharmacologic Responses to Test Substances. In Pharmaceutical
Applications of Cell and Tissue Culture, edited by G. Wilson, S.S. Davis and L Illum.
Plenum Publishing Company Limited. London. Also presented at the NATO Advanced
Research Workshop, Pharmaceutical Application of Cell and Tissue Culture to Drug
Transport, Bandol, France, Sept. 4-9, 1989
Chen, J-K., Haimes, H.B., and Weinberg, C.B., Role of Growth Factors in the Contraction
and Maintenance of Collagen Lattices Made with Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells. Jour. Cell
Physiol. Vol. 146: 110-116, 1991.
P.A. Jimenez, P.M. Harlan, A.E. Chavarria, and H.B. Haimes, Induction of Osteoarthritis in
Guinea Pigs by Transection of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: Radiographic and
Histopathological Changes. Inflammation Research 1995 44(2): 129-130s
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H.B. Haimes, P.A. Jimenez, Y. Li, T. Shinya, B.R. Olsen, Overexpression of the NC4
Domain of Type IX Collagen Induces Osteoarthritis in Mice, Inflammation Research 1995
44(2): 127-128s
P.A. Jimenez, B.G. Steinetz, H.B. Haimes, Radiologic Assessment of Relaxin-Induced Pubic
Symphyseal Changes in Guinea Pigs: A Model for Screening Disease Modifying Agents for
Osteoarthritis, Inflammation Research 1995 44(2): 164-165s
S.S. Glasson, O.V. Trubetskoy, P.M. Harlan, A.E. Chavarria, H.B. Haimes and P.A Jimenez,
Blotchy Mice: A Model of Osteoarthritis Associated with a Metabolic Defect. Osteoarthritis
and Cartilage 1996 (4): 209-212
Brown KE, Leong K, Huang CH, Dalal R, Green GD, Haimes HB, Jimenez PA, Bathon J.
Gelatin/chondroitin 6-sulfate microspheres for the delivery of therapeutic proteins to the
joint. Arthritis Rheum. 1998 Dec; 41(12):2185-95.
Jimenez PA, Glasson SS, Trubetskoy OV, Haimes HB. Spontaneous osteoarthritis in Dunkin
Hartley guinea pigs: histologic, radiologic, and biochemical changes. Lab Anim Sci. 1997
Dec; 47(6):598-601.
Glasson SS, Trubetskoy OV, Harlan PM, Chavarria AE, Haimes HB, Jimenez PA. Blotchy
mice: a model of osteoarthritis associated with a metabolic defect. Osteoarthritis Cartilage.
1996 Sep; 4(3):209-12
He K-L, Yi G-H, Sherman W, Zhou H, Zhang G, Gu A, Kao R Haimes HB, Harvey J, Roos
E, White D, Taylor DA, Wang J and Burkhoff, D Autologous Skeletal Myoblast
Transplantation Improved Hemodynamics and Left Ventricular Function in Chronic Heart
Failure Dogs
J Heart Lung Transplant 2005; 24:1940-9.
Sherman W, He K-L, Yi G-H, Wang J, Harvey J, Li M-J, Haimes H, Lee P, Miranda E.
Kanwal S and Burkhoff D Myoblast Transfer in Ischemic Heart Failure: Effects on Rhythm
Stability. Cell Transplantation 2009 (18): 333-341
INVITED PAPERS
Haimes, H.B., Gay, R.G., Kemp, P.D., Fofonoff, T.W., Cavallaro, J.C., Tschumakow, A.,
Salame, K.G., Swiderek, M.S., Nelson, D., Parenteau, N.L., and Bell, E. TESTSKIN - A
Living Human Skin Equivalent for Percutaneous Absorption and Other Skin Tests. Presented
at the Sixth Symposium on Cutaneous Toxicity sponsored by the American Academy of
Dermatology (Sept 26-28, 1988 Washington D.C.)
PATENTS
5, 597,808 Howard B. Haimes and Pablo A. Jimenez
Use of Pseudopterosins for Promoting Wound Healing
January 28, 1997
6,022,862 Haimes, et al.
Use of Pseudopterosins for promoting wound healing
February 8, 2000
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EDUCATION
1975 - 1982 Ph.D. in Biochemical Cytology
Department of Pathology
(Drs. Alex B. and P.M. Novikoff)
Sue Golding Graduate Division
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York
1975 - 1978 M.S. in Biochemical Cytology
Sue Golding Graduate Division
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York
1972 - 1975 M.S. in Biology
Long Island University
Brooklyn, New York
1968 - 1972 B.S. in Biology
Union College
Schenectady, New York
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