Mark M. Silverberg — Executive Vice President of Global Quality Assurance and Alliance Management at Akorn

Mr. Mark M. Silverberg serves as Executive Vice President of Global Quality Assurance and Alliance Management at Akorn, Inc. and served as its Executive Vice President of Operations, Global Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs. Mr. Silverberg served as an Executive Vice President of Operations Global Quality Assurance & Technical Services at Akorn, Inc. Mr. Silverberg directs Akorn's manufacturing operations, global Quality Assurance and Research and Development programming. He is responsible for the Akorn's drug product formulation, filling and packaging facilities, warehousing and distribution, Quality / Microbiological / R&D laboratories, as well as Regulatory Compliance / Regulatory Affairs and relationship management with FDA and other domestic and international regulatory authorities. Mr. Silverberg served as a Senior Vice President of Global Quality Assurance at Akorn Inc. since May 2006 and served as its Vice President of Global Quality and Regulatory Compliance from April 25, 2005 to May 2006. An accomplished multi-disciplinary executive with 34 years experience, he joined Akorn in April 2005. Mr. Silverberg joined Akorn after a successful, thirty-year career at Abbott Laboratories, where he served at the Director level in several division and corporate level positions - including the Hospital Product Divisions (HPD), Pharmaceutical Products Division (PPD), Abbott Diagnostics Division (ADD) and Corporate Quality Assurance / Regulatory Affairs. He directed divisional and corporate support activities for large volume, small volume injectable products and oral dosage drugs, as well as medical device product lines. He served with Abbott Laboratories in numerous management positions. He holds a B.S. Biology from Marquette University.