Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 10, 2001
CHRISTY SHAFFER, PhD joined Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in June 1995
as the first full-time employee. She was appointed President and Chief
Executive Officer in December 1998. She served as Chief Operating
Officer from December 1997 to December 1998. In addition, in her
previous position as Vice President of Development, she supervised all
clinical, regulatory, pharmaceutical development, nonclinical
development and project management activities. Dr. Shaffer's experience
includes international as well as US drug development programs. She
joined Inspire from the clinical research division of Burroughs Wellcome
Co., where she served in a variety of positions where she coordinated
several IND submissions and one NDA submission. She received a PhD in
Pharmacology from the University of Tennessee and completed two years of
Postdoctoral training in Cardiovascular Research in the Biochemistry
Department at the Chicago Medical School prior to her Postdoctoral
appointment at UNC. Profile
Dr. Shaffer: Inspire Pharmaceuticals is a company engaged in the
discovery and development of novel products for the treatment of
