Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Bruce D. Forrest to the position of Chief Development Officer. Dr. Forrest is currently President of B D Forrest & Company, Inc. Dr. Forrest has been retained over the past 18 months by Omni Bio to assist the company with such services. In his expanded role of Chief Development Officer he will now also oversee implementation of the development plan for Omni Bio's lead Fc fusion recombinant AAT molecule that is being targeted for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes, graft versus host disease and various inflammatory conditions, including chronic gout.

Included in this role will be interface and leadership responsibilities for work being performed by recently engaged cell line optimization and product manufacturing partner, Gallus BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Forrest has over 25 years of industry experience in pharmaceutical development, including vaccines and biopharmaceuticals. Dr. Forrest was previously Senior Vice President in Vaccines R&D at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals where he was responsible for clinical and development activities for all late phase programs.