Mike Antonaccio was born in 1943 in Yonkers, NY of immigrant Italian parents where he attended public schools up through Yonkers High School. He selected Duquesne University for hi...voir plusMike Antonaccio was born in 1943 in Yonkers, NY of immigrant Italian parents where he attended public schools up through Yonkers High School. He selected Duquesne University for his undergraduate studies where he received his B.S. in Pharmacy in 1966. He went on to the University of Michigan, receiving his Ph.D. in Pharmacology in 1970. He has worked for both large and small pharmaceutical companies, including Schering-Plough, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Human Genome Sciences. He was both an active researcher with over 250 published scientific papers and abstracts, as well as an executive officer in several companies, including Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, having broad experience in drug discovery, clinical research, new drug project management and regulatory affairs with the Food and Drug Administration. Married to Patty Antonaccio, he currently resides in New Hope, PA.voir moins