John J. Farrar

JOHN J. FARRAR was recruited as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Adolor Corporation by its founding investors in October 1994. Prior to
joining Adolor, Dr. Farrar served as Senior vice President, Biological
Research, at Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceuticals Research Division from
1987-1994. Prior to joining Eastman Pharmaceuticals and Sterling
Winthrop, Dr. Farrar held a series of research management positions at
Hoffman-LaRoche from 1982-1987. From 1972-1982, Dr. Farrar held
positions of Staff Fellow, Senior Staff Fellow and Research
Microbiologist at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Farrar received
his BA in Zoology in 1966 and his MS in Microbiology in 1968 from Miami
University in Oxford, Ohio. Dr. Farrar received a Doctorate in
Microbiology/Immunology from the University of Notre Dame in 1972. Dr.
Farrar has published 70 full-length papers and reviews on the regulation
of the immune response by antigen non-specific regulatory factors.