Before joining Questcor in November 2010, Jim was the US Director for Healthcare Consulting at Datamonitor and prior to this was an independent consultant providing strategic marketing consulting services to early-stage biopharmaceutical companies. Jim also was VP for Global Strategic Marketing at Elan Pharmaceuticals, and held various positions in market research and brand management at Dura Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Elan). Jim started his career at Biogen (now Biogen Idec) as an Associate Scientist in Pharmacology, and received his bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and MBA from Northeastern University.