Lexington, MA, June 16, 2008 -- Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST) today announced the appointment of Nancy J. Hutson, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Hutson, who has 27 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, also serves on the Board of Directors of Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Dr. Hutson retired from Pfizer, Inc. in 2006 after spending 25 years in various research and leadership positions, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Pfizer Global Research and Development and Director of Pfizer's pharmaceutical R&D site, known as Groton/New London Laboratories. Dr. Hutson's career at Pfizer was marked by progressively demanding jobs, first in the laboratories, then in central research, and ultimately at the Groton Laboratories, which is the largest R&D site of any pharmaceutical company. She led 4,500 colleagues (primarily scientists) and managed a budget in excess of $1 billion.
While at Pfizer, Dr. Hutson was an active member of numerous committees, serving as Chair of the Groton New London Laboratories Leadership Team and the Exploratory Development Strategy Team, and as a member of the Worldwide Development Operations Group, Senior Leadership Team and the Pharmaceuticals Steering Committee, among others. She was also a sponsor of the Network of Executive Women where she served as a mentor for senior women at Pfizer Global Research & Development.
Dr. Hutson has served on various community boards, including the African Medical and Research Foundation, the University of Connecticut Health Science Center, and the Connecticut Business & Industry Association. She has authored or co-authored more than 45 academic research papers and abstracts. She received her B.A. in General Biology from Illinois Wesleyan University and her Ph.D. in Physiology and Biochemistry from Vanderbilt University. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Diabetes and Endocrinology Center at Vanderbilt and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Oxford.
About Cubist
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products that address unmet medical needs in the acute care environment. In the U.S., Cubist markets CUBICIN® (daptomycin for injection), the first antibiotic in a new class of anti-infectives called lipopeptides. The Cubist product pipeline includes DX-88 (ecallantide), a recombinant human protein in Phase II clinical trials for the prevention of blood loss during cardiothoracic surgery, and pre-clinical programs that address unmet medical needs in Gram-positive infections, Gram-negative infections, CDAD (
Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea), and HCV (Hepatitis C infections). Cubist is headquartered in Lexington, MA. Additional information can be found at Cubist's web site at www.cubist.com.
Cubist and CUBICIN are registered trademarks of Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
