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Kathleen D. LaPorte has served on our Board of Directors since November 2002. Ms. LaPorte is a Managing Director of New Leaf Venture Partners, LLC located in Menlo Park, California. Previously, Ms. LaPorte was a General Partner in the Healthcare Technology Group of the Sprout Group located in Menlo Park, California, which she joined in 1993 and became a General Partner in 1994. Between 1987 and 1993, Ms. LaPorte was a principal at Asset Management Company, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments. Previously, Ms. LaPorte was a financial analyst with The First Boston Corporation. Ms. LaPorte is a member of the Board of Directors of Affymax, Inc., eHealth, Inc. and VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc. Ms. LaPorte received a B.S. from Yale University and a M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Sprout Group has a contractual right to designate two representatives to be nominated to our Board of Directors. Ms. LaPorte is the designated representative of Sprout Group.
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