Dr. Stefan Aigner serves as Medical Advisor at Direct Allergy. He serves as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Protega Pharma. He serves as Board Member at Cipher Pharmaceuticals. He is a founder of Inspirion Pharmaceuticals, a company formed in 2006 to pursue opportunities in the specialty pharmaceutical industry, and Inspirion Delivery Technologies, LLC, a company formed in 2008 to pursue abuse deterrent product development. From 2006 to 2008, Dr. Aigner was Executive Vice President, Corporate and Business Development at Alpharma, Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical company. Before joining Alpharma, Dr. Aigner was co-founder and Executive Vice President of Business Development and Medical Affairs for Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the development, commercialization and marketing of prescription therapeutic products. During his tenure at Reliant, Dr. Aigner led the company through multiple acquisitions and significant in-licensing transactions and was responsible for building the company's cardiovascular portfolio through partnerships with leading U.S. and European companies. Prior to working at Reliant, he was a consultant with healthcare consulting firm The Wilkerson Group from 1996 to 1999. Dr. Aigner graduated summa cum laude with a degree in medicine from the University of Erlangen, Nuremberg, Germany.