School of the University of Pennsylvania. The Board believes Mr. Davis’ experience serving as the chief financial officer at several other publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies as well as his knowledge and keen understanding of the issues facing biopharmaceutical companies qualify him to serve on the Board.
S. George Kottayil, Ph.D.
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Director Nominee.
Dr. Kottayil, 62, has over two decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry with specific expertise in product development and drug delivery. He has several approved patents to his credit and is an inventor on multiple FDA approved drug products, a few that have achieved significant success. He co-founded two pharmaceutical drug development and drug delivery technology companies and was CEO and a member of each of their boards of directors. Most recently, from October 2014, he co-founded and was CEO and director of Grace Therapeutics Inc., the private company acquired by Acasti Pharma, Inc. in August 2021. Dr. Kottayil served as Grace Therapeutics’ Chief Operating Officer from September 2021 to May 2023. Dr. Kottayil has held senior positions in product development, business operations and general management at small to medium-sized life science companies, successfully advancing drug products from bench to FDA approval and launch. He directed business operations at Unimed Pharmaceuticals Inc., a division of Solvay Pharmaceuticals, now Abbvie, from January 1993 to June 2002, and played a key role in product development and obtaining FDA approval for the company’s NDA products. Dr. Kottayil graduated with a Ph.D. in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Kentucky. The Board believes that Dr. Kottayil’s extensive industry and management experience, including his in-depth knowledge and leadership in successfully executing multiple pharmaceutical and clinical drug development programs that resulted in securing FDA approval, qualify him to serve on the Board.
Prashant Kohli
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Chief Executive Officer and Director Nominee.
Prashant Kohli, 53, has served as Grace Therapeutics’ Chief Executive Officer since April 2023 and previously served as Chief Commercial Officer from September 2022 to April 2023 and Vice President, Commercial Operations from August 2021 to August 2022. He has over 20 years of commercialization experience leading strategy, sales, marketing, and product management. Prior to joining the Company in August 2021, Mr. Kohli was Vice President, Commercial Operations of Grace Therapeutics Inc. (the private company) since December 2017. He has expertise crafting go-to-market plans for products with unique value proposition that address critical unmet needs. He has built, deployed and led sales and marketing from the ground-up with significant experience in organization design, recruiting, performance management, incentive compensation and PL accountability. He has successfully implemented evidence-based, consultative-selling model that is rooted in deep understanding of the health ecosystem including patients, providers, health systems, government and payers. He has also designed strategic marketing plans that generate leads and increase share-of-voice, augmenting the salesforce with digital tactics that increase reach and frequency. He has extensive commercial experience with specialty and small molecule drugs including in rare and orphan diseases. Mr. Kohli has worked at Archi-Tech Systems, Cardinal Health, IMS Health, Rosenbluth and Dun Bradstreet. He has a B.A. in Computer Science and Math from Augustana College and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The Board believes that Mr. Kohli’s extensive industry and management experience, including his experience as Chief Executive Officer of Grace Therapeutics, qualify him to serve on the Board.
Edward Neugeboren
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Director Nominee.
Mr. Neugeboren, 56, has over three decades of healthcare experience in pharmaceutical operations, business development, corporate management, investment banking, asset management and institutional equity research. Since January of 2016, Mr. Neugeboren has served as the Chief Strategy Officer of Cronus Pharma, LLC, a fully integrated RD, manufacturing and sales marketing pharmaceutical company and at which Mr. Neugeboren is a principal. Mr. Neugeboren leads Cronus Pharma’s commercial operations, strategic planning and acquisitions and is also responsible for developing and executing overall corporate strategy as well as corporate and portfolio acquisitions and licensing. Previously, Mr. Neugeboren was the Chief Strategy Officer for the parent pharmaceutical group comprised of Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc., a generic pharmaceutical company, and Casper Pharma, LLC, a specialty pharmaceutical company. Additionally, Mr. Neugeboren is Founder and Managing Partner of QuadView Healthcare Advisors, previously named ArcLight Advisors, LLC, a healthcare investment banking and business development firm. Mr. Neugeboren was previously a Managing Director of Ledgemont Capital Group, LLC, an investment banking firm providing strategic and financial advisory services to emerging healthcare and technology companies. Mr. Neugeboren was also a Managing Partner of Third Ridge Capital Management, LLC, a long/short U.S. equity hedge fund. Since March 2025, Mr. Neugeboren has served on the Board of Directors of Matinas
