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Mr. Soeters has served as one of our directors since September 2006. Since 2000, Mr. Soeters has served as President of Novo Nordisk and Senior Vice President of Novo Nordisk North America, a healthcare company. From 1998 to 2000, he served as Senior Vice President International Marketing at Novo Nordisk Denmark, and from 1994 to 1998 he served as Managing Director of Novo Nordisk France. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Soeters was Managing Director at Novo Nordisk Belgium, and in 1991, he was International Marketing Director at Novo Nordisk Denmark. Prior to that time, he held various sales and marketing positions at Novo Nordisk in the Netherlands between 1980 and 1991. Mr. Soeters is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Joslin Diabetes Center, a Trustee of the HealthCare Institute of New Jersey, and since 2005, a member of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Board. From 2004-2006, he served on the Board of Directors of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) in Washington, D.C. Mr. Soeters studied meteorology, as well as sales, product and marketing management in the Netherlands, and he also attended the Stanford Executive Program. | 