Jon S. Saxe has been a Director since August 2000. Mr. Saxe was President of PDL BioPharma, Inc. (formerly Protein Design Labs, Inc.) from 1995 to early-1999, and currently serves as a director of the company. From mid-1993 to 1995, Mr. Saxe was President of Saxe Associates, Inc., consultants to venture capital firms and biotechnology, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical companies. He was President and CEO of Synergen, Inc., a biotechnology company, from 1989 to 1993. Mr. Saxe is former Vice President, Licensing and Corporate Development and Head of Patent Law for Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., where he worked for close to 30 years (1960-1989). Mr. Saxe received his J.D. from George Washington University School of Law and his LL.M. from New York University School of Law. He serves as a director of other public and private companies, including Durect Corporation, InSite Vision, PDL BioPharma, Inc., Sciele Pharma, Inc. and Entelos. |