Jagadish C. Sircar

Jagadish Sircar, Ph.D., has served as Vice President, Drug Discovery since November 2002.
From November 1995 to March 2000, he held the position of Director of Chemistry at AVANIR and from April 2000 to November 2002 he was Executive Director, Drug Discovery of the Company.
Before joining the Company, Dr. Sircar held the position of Senior Vice President, Research and Discovery for Biofor, Inc. from January 1992 to November 1995.
From 1969 to 1991, Dr. Sircar was employed by Warner-Lambert/ Parke-Davis in its Research Division (currently Pfizer), where he attained the position of Associate Research Fellow and Chairman of the Immunoinflammatory Project Team.
During his tenure at Warner-Lambert/ Parke-Davis, he was responsible for the discovery and preclinical development of six compounds.
Dr. Sircar holds a Ph.D.
degree in Organic Chemistry, an M.S.
degree in Pure Chemistry and a B.S.
degree (Honors) in Chemistry, all from the University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India.
Dr. Sircar has a total of 154 patents, presentations and publications that are credited to him.