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James S. Manuso Ph.D. has served as our president and chief executive officer since January 1 2004 as our chief executive officer-elect from September 2003 to December 2003 and as a director since February 2001. Dr. Manuso is co-founder and immediate past president and chief executive officer of Galenica Pharmaceuticals Inc. Dr. Manuso co-founded and was general partner of PrimeTech Partners a biotechnology venture management partnership from 1998 to 2002 and Managing General Partner of The Channel Group LLC an international life sciences corporate advisory firm. He was also president of Manuso Alexander & Associates Inc. management consultants and financial advisors to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Dr. Manuso was a vice president and Director of Health Care Planning and Development for The Equitable Companies (now Group Axa) where he also served as Acting Medical Director. He currently serves on the board of privately-held KineMed Inc. and Merrion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Dublin Ireland). Previously he served on the boards of Inflazyme Pharmaceuticals Inc. Symbiontics Inc. Quark Biotech Inc. Galenica Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Supratek Pharma Inc. Dr. Manuso earned a B.A. with Honors in Economics and Chemistry from New York University a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychophysiology from the Graduate Faculty of The New School University a Certificate in Health Systems Management from Harvard Business School and an Executive M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. Dr. Manuso is the author of over 30 chapters articles and books on topics including health care cost containment and biotechnology company management. He has taught and lectured at Columbia New York University Georgetown Polytechnic University and Waseda University (Japan). He has delivered invited addresses at meetings of the American Management Association the American Medical Association the Securities Industry Association the Biotechnology Industry Organization and many other professional associations. Dr Manuso is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. | 