Michael P. Reidy, Ph.D. – Vice President of Research & Development

Dr. Reidy has been with Vyteris since 2004. Previously, Dr. Reidy was Principal Scientist at Cygnus, Inc. where he was instrumental in the development and commercialization of the Glucowatch (R) Biographer, a transdermal iontophoretic system for non-ivasive continuous glucose monitoring in patients with diabetes. Prior to that, Dr. Reidy held reserach positions at Dade-Behring and DuPont Medical Products, where he played a pivotal role in the design and commercial development of planar ion selective electrode and biosensor systems for their in vitro diagnostic product lines. Dr. Reidy started his career at DuPont's Central Research and Development department after a post-doctoral fellowship in the group of Prof. Gerhard Wegner at the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz. Dr. Reidy holds a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Manhattan College and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Polytechnic University.