Karen Dawes, President of Knowledgeable Decisions

BIOGRAPHY OF KAREN A. DAWES

Karen A. Dawes (MBA, Harvard University - concentration in

marketing and corporate strategy; MA & BA, Simmons College -

English and Communications is the President and Founder of

Knowledgeable Decisions, LLC. With 20+ years of commercial

and executive management experience in the BioPharma industry,

Karen brings to clients a valuable and unique combination of

competencies.

Karen's industry experience began with 10 years of commercial

and executive management at Pfizer, where she gained increasing

responsibility in product management, development, and strategy

leading to her position as Vice-President, Marketing, Pratt Division.

Karen then moved to biotech pioneer Genetics Institute (GI), where, as

Chief Commercial Officer, she built the company's initial commercial

operations including strategic and operational marketing, sales,

medical affairs, public relations, and market research. At GI she and

her team launched the company's first two products - BeneFix for

Factor IX replacement in hemophilia and Neumega for the treatment

of thrombocytopenia in cancer patients.

When GI was acquired by Wyeth, Karen moved to the new parent

company as Senior Vice-President, Global Strategic Marketing with

responsibility for strategic product development and global marketing.

In 1998, Karen moved to Bayer Corporation as Division Head for the

company's $2 billion U.S. Pharmaceuticals Division. She founded

Knowledgeable Decisions in 2003.

Throughout her career, Karen has been a key player in the

successful development, launch, and marketing of products in the

Cardiovascular, Metabolic, Infectious Disease, CNS, Oncology, and

Women's and Men's Health areas, including five products that

each exceeded sales of $1 billion dollars.

Karen is Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of Repligen Corporation,

and a member of the Boards of Directors of Depomed, Inc., Symbiomix Therapetuics, and Medicines 360. Karen is a frequent speaker to

academic and industry groups.

You can contact Karen at kdawes@knowdec.com.