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Dr. Hung became president and chief executive officer of Medivation, Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors when the Company acquired its subsidiary Medivation Neurology, Inc. in December 2004. He served as president, chief executive officer and director of Medivation Neurology, Inc. since its inception in September 2003. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Hung served as chief scientific officer (1998-1999) and as president, chief executive officer and director (1999-2001) of ProDuct Health, Inc., a privately-held medical device company. ProDuct Health, Inc. took its first product (a breast cancer cytological diagnostic product) from a prototype design through a 507 patient clinical trial and through FDA marketing clearance in 16 months. It was acquired in 2001 by Cytyc Corporation for $167 million after having spent only approximately $22 million in total development costs. From 1994 to 1998, Dr. Hung served in various senior positions at Chiron Corporation, most recently as vice president of lead discovery and development and vice president of new projects. Dr. Hung received an M.D. Alpha Omega Alpha from the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, and an A.B. summa cum laude in biology from Harvard College | 