Mr. Mark D. Hankins

"[Mark Hankins, assistant chief counsel for innovation at the Small Business Administration's advocacy office] said some insurance companies are beginning to carry policies to protect a patent from legal challenges. HLPM Insurance Services of Louisville, Ky., for example, charges from $7,500 to 10,600 over three years for such protection, with coverage ranging from $100,000 to $1 million.

EDEN PRAIRIE , Minn. , Sept. 21- - CIMA LABS INC. today announced the hire of Mark D. Hankins , Vice President of Business Development , as well as , Donald Sims , Ph.D. , Vice President of Quality Assurance.
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Mr. Hankins joins the Company from Aventis Corporation where he was most recently Director , Technology Licensing and Acquisition at the Aventis Pasteur Merrieux vaccine division based in Toronto , Canada.Before joining Aventis he was the Technology Licensing specialist at the National Institutes of Health.Prior to that he was Assistant Chief Counsel of Innovation at the U.S. Small Business Administration.Mark has a Master of Science in Biotechnology from John Hopkins and a law degree from the University of Georgia law school.
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We are pleased to announce the hire of Mr. Hankins and Dr. Sims , said John M. Siebert , President and CEO of CIMA LABS INC..

EDEN PRAIRIE , Minn. , Sept. 21--CIMA LABS INC. ( Nasdaq : CIMA ) today announced the hire of Mark D. Hankins , Vice President of Business Development , as well as , Donald Sims , Ph.D. , Vice President of Quality Assurance.
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Mr. Hankins joins the Company from Aventis Corporation where he was most recently Director , Technology Licensing and Acquisition at the Aventis Pasteur Merrieux vaccine division based in Toronto , Canada.Before joining Aventis he was the Technology Licensing specialist at the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ).Prior to that he was Assistant Chief Counsel of Innovation at the U.S. Small Business Administration.Mark has a Master of Science in Biotechnology from John Hopkins and a law degree from the University of Georgia law school.

CIMA LABS INC. (Nasdaq : CIMA) today announced the hire of Mark D. Hankins, Vice President of Business Development, as well as, Donald Sims, Ph.D., Vice President of Quality Assurance.
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Mr. Hankins joins the Company from Aventis Corporation where he was most recently Director, Technology Licensing and Acquisition at the Aventis Pasteur Merrieux vaccine division based in Toronto, Canada.Before joining Aventis he was the Technology Licensing specialist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).Prior to that he was Assistant Chief Counsel of Innovation at the U.S. Small Business Administration.Mark has a Master of Science in Biotechnology from John Hopkins and a law degree from the University of Georgia law school.