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Jeffrey P. McMullen has been a director of our company since June 2005 and our Chief Executive Officer since December 2005 and our President since March 2006. He also is the President and Chief Executive Officer of PharmaNet, Inc. Mr. McMullen co-founded PharmaNet, Inc. in 1996. Prior to becoming President and Chief Executive Officer of PharmaNet, Inc. in 2004, Mr. McMullen held the positions of President and Chief Operating Officer since 2003, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since 2001 and Senior Vice President, Business Development since 1996. Mr. McMullen has more than 30 years of drug development industry experience including international experience in Europe, Japan, South America, and Asia. His professional experience includes 13 years with major drug development services companies as vice president of business development and director of clinical research, and nine years at Sterling Drug (now a part of Sanofi-Aventis) in the clinical, regulatory, and drug metabolism areas. | 