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Fred B. Craves, Ph.D. Fred B. Craves has served as a director of the Company since the consummation of the Merger on June 5, 2007, and prior to that time served as a director of privately-held VIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since January 2005. Dr. Craves is an Investment Partner, Managing Director and founder of Bay City Capital, a manager of investment funds in the life sciences industry, and serves as a member of the board of directors and Chairman of the executive committee. Before founding Bay City Capital, he spent over 25 years leading and managing biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of Schering Berlin, a pharmaceutical company, and Chief Executive Officer and President of Berlex Biosciences, a research, development and manufacturing organization. He founded Burrill & Craves, a merchant bank focused on biotechnology and emerging pharmaceutical companies. He was also the founding Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Codon and co-founder of Creative Biomolecules, both biotechnology companies. Dr. Craves is a member of the board of directors of Poniard Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, and is Chairman of Reliant Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company. He also serves as a member of The J. David Gladstone Institutes� Advisory Council and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Dr. Craves earned a B.S. in Biology from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of California, San Francisco. | 