Prominent Biotech Executive Joins BioPulse Team
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2001 5:00 AM
- PRNewswire
SAN YSIDRO, Calif., Feb 6, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- BioPulse International, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: BIOP; Frankfurt: BPZ) today announced the appointment of Howard Soule, Ph.D. to its Board of Directors. Dr. Soule is currently executive vice president and chief science officer at CaP CURE, The Association for Cure of Cancer of the Prostate. Dr. Soule is responsible for the coordination of science and clinical research for worldwide prostate cancer programs funded by CaP CURE. This organization has granted over 600 awards totaling more than $100 million since inception in 1993 by prostate cancer survivor and activist Michael Milken, who founded Cap CURE and devotes 90% of his time to its mission to find a cure -- "knowledge, hope, urgency." Other Cap CURE directors include Andy Grove of Intel. Honorary and Presidential Board members include such luminaries as General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Sen. Robert Dole, Bill Cosby, President George Bush, President Ronald Reagan, President Jimmy Carter, and President Gerald Ford.
In addition, Dr. Soule is an experienced biotechnology R&D executive having been a corporate officer at Corvas International, a leading cardiovascular drug discovery and development firm. He has also held senior management positions in the medical device industry. Following receipt of his Ph.D. degree from Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Soule was a postdoctoral fellow at The Scripps Research Institute.
Dr. Soule is a Director for three privately held firms, Oncology.com, a vertical Internet cancer enterprise supplying the needs of cancer patients and their physicians and Miavita, a premier health and wellness company and CanFite Biopharmaceuticals, a cancer drug discovery and development firm. He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of two biotechnology firms, Corvas International and Activx Biosciences and is an executive advisor to MedBroadcasting, Inc. Dr. Soule is a member of the Visiting Committee for the Lank Genitourinary Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
The addition of Dr. Soule to the Board of Directors will replace director Stephen Fey. The number of seats will remain the same at 7. BioPulse thanks Mr. Fey for his outstanding contributions and wishes him well on his new endeavors.