ABOUT TOPAZ

Robert D. Casale, Esq.

Non-Executive Chairman

Mr. Robert D. Casale was appointed to the Board of Directors for Topaz Pharmaceuticals in April 2008. Mr. Casale brings extensive marketing and business development experience to our team. Currently he is the Chief Executive Officer of Scerene Healthcare Inc. Previously, Mr. Casale was Chief Operating Officer of Adams Respiratory Therapeutics (now Reckitt Benckiser). He joined Adams in 2004 as Vice President, Business Development and Consumer Marketing and was subsequently named Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing and Development Officer in 2005 and Chief Operating Officer in October 2006. He began his career in 1983 at a Wall Street law firm, and he joined the legal division of Warner-Lambert in 1986. Mr. Casale received his BA from Rutgers College and his JD (with honors) from Rutgers Law School.