Dr. Nikin Patel, Ph.D., MRPharmS, has been the Chief Operating Officer of Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since April 10, 2015. Dr. Patel co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Juniper Pharma Services Ltd. (formerly Molecular Profiles Ltd.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since 1998 until April 2015. He is also a Co-founder of Locate Therapeutics, a specialist regenerative medicine and device company. He has over 15 years??? technical experience centered on pharmaceutical analysis and formulation development. Dr. Patel is the Founder of Regentec Ltd and serves as its Director. He has been a Director of Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since September 2013. He serves as a Director of Critical Pharmaceuticals. His leadership was recognized externally through the U.K.'s most prestigious industry accolade, the Queen's Award for Enterprise, won by Molecular Profiles in both 2007 and 2011 in the Innovation category. He is a Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (MRPharmS). Dr. Patel received a first-class honours Pharmacy degree from the University of Nottingham in 1994. He also received Ph.D. in Pharmacy from the University of Nottingham in 1998.