December 22, 2009 (FinancialWire) PharmAthene, Inc. (AMEX: PIP), a biodefense firm developing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical threats, has appointed Jeffrey W. Runge to its board of directors, increasing the board to eight members.
Runge is a principal at The Chertoff Group, a firm providing advisory services in business risk management, homeland security and homeland defense.He is also the president and founder of Biologue, Inc., which provides consulting in biodefense, medical preparedness and injury prevention and control.
From 2001 through August of 2008, Runge served in the Bush administration, first as the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, confirmed by the Senate in August 2001. In September 2005, he became the Department of Homeland Securitys first Chief Medical officer and founded the DHS Office of Health Affairs in 2007.
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