Allen Chao, Ph.D. is the Founder and former Chairman of Watson Pharmaceuticals

Watson Pharmaceuticals

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, Inc. and served as Chief Executive Officer from 1984 to 2008. After emigrating to the United States

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 from Taiwan

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, Dr. Chao received a Ph.D. in industrial pharmaceuticals from Purdue University

Purdue University

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 in 1973. Dr. Chao, along with other members of the Chao family, contributed to the establishment of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and the H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center

University of California, Irvine Medical Center

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, Irvine

Irvine, California

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, California campus. In 2005, Dr. Chao contributed to the establishment of The Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy, located in the Purdue Research Park in Indiana, to provide leadership in pharmaceutical education, development and manufacturing. Currently, he serves as Chairman and Managing Partner of Newport Healthcare Advisors, LLC

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. He is also a trustee of the University of California, Irvine Foundation.