Joseph M. Patti

Joseph M. Patti, Ph.D. was appointed Chief Executive Office and President of Biota Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on October 1, 2014. Dr. Patti joined the company on November 12, 2012, and served as its Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy until October 1, 2014. Prior to joining the company, Dr. Patti co-founded Inhibitex, Inc. in 1998, and served as its Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President of Research and Development from 2007 until it was acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb in February 2012. He also served as its Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Research and Development from 2005 to 2007, and as Vice President, Preclinical Development prior to that. Before co-founding Inhibitex, Inc. in 1998, Dr. Patti was an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M’s Institute of Biosciences and Technology, and also served on the faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Patti is currently a Director of SciStem Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held company focused on developing cellular therapies for bone healing and musculoskeletal indications in both human and animal health. Dr. Patti was a director of Inhibitex, Inc. from 1998 to 2005. Dr. Patti received a B.S. in microbiology from the University of Pittsburgh, an MSPH from the University of Miami, School of Medicine and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.