John Holaday, Ph.D

John W. Holaday, Ph.D., CEO, QRx Pharma. John is a member of the Board of PixSpan, and serves as Managing Director and CEO of QRxPharma, Ltd. (QRX-ASX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on pain and brain diseases. He is co-founder of Medicis (MRX-NYSE)(1988), EntreMed (ENMD-NASDAQ)(CEO and Chairman (1992-2002) and HarVest Bank (2003). Dr. Holaday obtained his BS and MS from the University of Alabama, and his PhD from the University of California, San Francisco (1977). He served at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research as a Captain and later as head of the Neuropharmacology Dept. (1968-1989). Dr. Holaday was Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University (1990-1996), and serves as Adj. Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. John formerly served as Chairman of the BioAlliance for the Maryland Tech Council. He raised over $500M for his various companies over the past two decades. Dr. Holaday was named to the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 Hall of Fame, holds over 60 patents, published over 200 scientific articles and five books.