ABOUT TOPAZ

William G. Ryan, BVSc, DipM, MBA

Vice President, Clinical and Medical Affairs

Dr. William Ryan joined Topaz Pharmaceuticals as Vice President, Medical and Clinical Affairs, in November 2008. Prior to his work with Topaz Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Ryan was a scientific communications executive with the Grey Healthcare Group. He has held various positions in technical, scientific, and commercial pharmaceuticals in the U.S. and abroad for Merck AgVet, Merial, and Smith Kline and French. Dr. Ryan graduated as a veterinarian from the University of Melbourne in Australia and practiced in Australia and the United Kingdom. He has over 20 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry with a post-graduate diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the UK and an MBA from New York University. Dr. Ryan has published extensively on the effects of internal and external parasites, and on the use of ivermectin and other antiparasitic drugs.