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Douglass B. Given, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A. Douglass B. Given has served as Chairman of the Company�s Board of Directors since the consummation of the Merger on June 5, 2007, and prior to that time served as Chairman of privately-held VIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.�s Board of Directors since its formation in 2004. Dr. Given is a partner at Bay City Capital LLC, which manages investment funds in the life sciences industry, and was founded in June 1997. From July 2001 to June 2003, Dr. Given served as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of NeoRx Corporation, a cancer therapeutics company. Dr. Given was Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Mallinckrodt, Inc. from August 1999 to October 2000. Dr. Given serves on advisory boards to the University of Chicago for Biological Sciences, the Pritzker School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Given is Chairman of Vivaldi Biosciences, an anti-viral and vaccine development company, and a director of Sembiosys Genetics Inc., a biotechnology company which develops insulin and other protein-based pharmaceuticals. Dr. Given earned his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and his M.B.A. from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He was a fellow in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. | 