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Paul Weiss, Ph.D., joined the Board in February 2003. Dr. Weiss is currently a Managing Director at Venture Investors, LLC, a Madison, Wisconsin-based, early stage, life science focused, venture capital group. Prior to this, Dr. Weiss was President of the Gala Biotech business unit of Cardinal Health (now Catalent Pharma Solutions) from February 2002 until October 2007. He had served as a director on Gala's Board from 1998 to 2001, when he joined the management team as Senior Vice President of Business Development. He later became President of Gala and remained so during the acquisition of Gala by Cardinal Health in 2003, and then the acquisition of Gala (and other Cardinal Health businesses) by The Blackstone Group in 2007. Prior to joining Gala, Dr. Weiss was Vice President of Technology and Product Licensing at 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals (3DP) from 1998 to 2001, which went public in 2001 and was later acquired by Johnson & Johnson. Prior to joining 3DP, Dr. Weiss was Director of Licensing for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Weiss holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.Sc. in Biochemistry from Carleton University Institute of Biochemistry in Ottawa, Ontario. | 