SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2006--AVANIR Pharmaceuticals (AMEX:AVN) announced today that Randall E. Kaye, M.D. has joined the company in the newly created role of Vice President of Medical Affairs. Dr. Kaye will focus on providing leadership and vision to the Medical Affairs area and supporting the commercialization of new products from a medical, scientific, regulatory, technical and quality perspective. Immediately prior to joining AVANIR, Dr. Kaye was the Vice President of Medical Affairs for Scios Inc., a division of Johnson & Johnson, where he built and integrated a Medical Affairs department consisting of 80 professionals. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Dr. Kaye recruited and managed the Medical Affairs department for InterMune Inc. Previously, Dr. Kaye served for nearly a decade in a variety of Medical Affairs and Marketing positions for Pfizer Inc. Dr. Kaye earned his Doctor of Medicine, Masters in Public Health and Bachelor of Science degrees at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and was a Research Fellow in Allergy and Immunology at Harvard Medical School.
