Penelope Markham, PhD, led the development of modified terlipressin compounds for LAT Pharma LLC, the predecessor company to BioVie, for 7 years prior to its acquisition by BioVie. Previously, she spent 15 years in immunology, infectious disease, bacteriology and drug discovery research. Dr. Markham was a co-founder and Research Director for Influx, Inc. engaged in antibiotic drug discovery. She has been a member of NIH grant review panels and consulted for several pharmaceutical companies in a variety of therapeutic areas including Orphan drug development. Dr. Markham has more than 20 publications in peer-reviewed journals and three patents. She holds a BS in Biochemistry from the University College Cork, Ireland, an MS from Strathclyde University, Scotland, and a PhD from Rush University, Chicago.