PETALUMA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2006--Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc., announced today that Michael Wokasch has joined the company as chief operating officer. Mr. Wokasch has more than twenty years of experience in the healthcare industry, most recently as senior vice president of commercial operations for the biopharmaceuticals division of Chiron Corporation. He has held marketing and sales positions at Merck & Co., Miles Pharmaceuticals (now Bayer), and Abbott Laboratories; and senior management positions at Impax Laboratories, Aurora BioSciences, and Gala Design. He received his bachelor of science degree from the University of Minnesota, college of pharmacy.