PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zila, Inc. (NASDAQ GM: ZILA), has appointed O. B. Parrish to its Board of Directors. Mr. Parrish will also join the Audit Committee.
Mr. Parrish, 73, is the Chairman and CEO of the Female Health Company, the developer of the first female condom. In collaboration with the World Health Organization, the United Nations Joint Program on AIDS and other public sector groups, the FC Female Condom is distributed worldwide as part of HIV/AIDS prevention programs. Mr. Parrish is also the President of Phoenix Health Care of Illinois, Inc. a private company which invests in innovative healthcare opportunities. In addition, Mr. Parrish is the Chairman of Abiant, Inc. of Chicago, which provides proprietary neuroimaging technology to the pharmaceutical industry for use in selecting and developing new drugs.
