Nicholas J. Virca

NICHOLAS J. VIRCA is Chief Executive Officer and Director of ADVENTRX
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. From 1991 to 1997 he served as co-Founder and Vice
President of Operations and Director of Diametrix Detectors, Inc., a
privately held immunosensor company which was focused on the airborne
vapor detection of narcotics using monoclonal antibodies. Additionally,
from 1994 to 1997, he served as Business Unit Manager, Security
Products, for Nicolet Imaging Systems, a company that purchased
substantially all of IRT’s assets in 1994. From 1991 to 1994, he served
as Vice President, Business Operations of IRT Corporation, a publicly
held company that specialized in X-ray inspection and imaging systems
for industrial and security applications. He is the co-inventor of a
patented technology used to package molecular biology reagents. Mr.
Virca received a BA degree in Biology from Youngstown State University.
He has extensive developmental experience in immunology, hematology and
biochemistry.