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Bruce Leicher has served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since December 2006. Prior to joining Altus, Mr. Leicher served as Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Compliance Officer at Antigenics, Inc. where he was responsible for advising the board and management on corporate governance, intellectual property, and corporate finance matters, and representing the Company in partnering negotiations, licensing transactions, regulatory strategy and compliance, and in litigation. Prior to his tenure at Antigenics, Mr. Leicher was Vice President, Chief Pharmaceutical Counsel, and Compliance Officer at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, where he was recruited to build a commercial legal group for the Company’s first product launch. There he provided legal advice involving product development and registration, partnering transactions, FDA clearance of promotional materials, pricing strategy, sales and marketing compliance, and the establishment of safety surveillance, medical affairs, and product distribution functions. Previously in his career, Mr. Leicher also led the Lifesciences practice group at Hill & Barlow and held senior legal positions at Curis, Inc., Ontogeny, Inc., Genetics Institute, Inc. and Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. after practicing law at Hale and Dorr. Mr. Leicher received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and holds a B.A. from the University of Rochester. | 