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Mr. Leone, age 58, brings over 30 years of pharmaceutical and health care industry experience to ViroPharma. He is the former president, chief executive officer and member of the board of directors of Cambrex Corporation, a global, diversified life science company dedicated to providing essential products and services that accelerate and improve the discovery and commercialization of human therapeutics. Prior to joining Cambrex, from 2000 to 2004, Mr. Leone was senior vice president and chief operating officer for U.S. commercial operations of Aventis Pharmaceuticals, with full P&L responsibility for U.S. Pharmaceutical Business. During his tenure, he oversaw the U.S. operations, involving strategic planning, proposal management, team-building, new product development, marketing, and sales, for the pharmaceutical and oncology business units with an operating budget of over $4.0 billion. Mr. Leone joined Rhone-Poulenc Rorer in 1996 as vice president and general manager, later assuming the role of senior vice president and general manager responsible for all U.S. pharmaceutical businesses. He began his pharmaceutical career with Pfizer, and after 11 years in both domestic and international marketing positions, joined American Home Products Corporation. There, over a 12-year period, he held a variety of senior management positions of increasing seniority culminating in his tenure as vice president and general manager, Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines. Mr. Leone has a bachelor of science degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, and a master of business administration degree in marketing from the University of Colorado. | 