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Since September 2001, Dr. Kurth has been a member of our board of directors. Dr. Kurth is a board-certified neurologist with seven years of industry experience. He is a physician-scientist with broad experience in clinical medicine, biomedical sciences, clinical trials and market focused drug development, and is currently a consultant to the biotechnology industry. From December 2004 to mid-2005, he was Vice President, Medical Affairs of Ceregene, Inc., a biotechnology development company. From February 2004 to November 2004, Dr. Kurth was Senior Medical Director, BOTOX/Neurology of Allergan Inc., a pharmaceuticals company. From November 2003 to February 2004, he was Therapeutic Area Head of I3 Research, Inc., a clinical research company. From June 2001 to October 2003, he was Vice President, Medical and Regulatory Affairs of Questcor Pharmaceuticals. From December 1997 to May 2001, Dr. Kurth served as the Medical Director and Clinical Trials Monitor at Axys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., La Jolla, California, where he directed the clinical trials of various pharmaceutical products for Axys. Dr. Kurth has participated in four investigational new drug applications and the maintenance of the corresponding documentation required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Kurth has worked with a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and clinical research organization staff carrying out clinical trials on various drugs targeting asthma, psoriasis, Multiple Sclerosis, inflammatory bowel diseases and cancer. Dr. Kurth has also worked with three other companies designing and implementing their clinical trials (Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - a generic drug developer, Morphogen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - a stem cell development company, and Pharsight Inc. - a Mountain View, California company with interest in Alzheimer drugs). Dr. Kurth was also a speaker and consultant to Athena Neurosciences, DuPont Pharma, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Novartis, Pharmacia UpJohn and SmithKline Beecham. Dr. Kurth obtained his M.D. and his Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, and his BA in Chemistry and Biochemistry from Rice University. | 