Michael Watson B.S.c BRTT Co-Investigator

Director, Toxicology and Pharmacology Executive Director, Project Mgt Biology ServicesCopernicus Therapeutics watson_m@ricerca.com Suite 145 11000 Cedar Avenue Cleveland 216-231-0227 Phone Copernicus website Watson Biosketch

Michael Watson is Executive Director, Project Management, Biology Services at Ricerca.  Mr. Watson joined Ricerca in 1996 from the Pesticides Safety Directorate in the UK , where he was Head of Risk Assessment.  Prior to PSD Mr. Watson worked for Smith Kline and French Research Limited in the Pharmaceutical Research and Development Division and prior to that he worked in contract research in England and Italy .  His experience includes toxicity testing of pharmaceuticals and preparation of regulatory submissions and expert reports for clinical trials and marketing approval of new pharmaceuticals.  Mr. Watson received his B.Sc. in Biochemistry (Honors) from Chelsea College , University of London in 1974.