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Irwin Lerner has served as a director since September 1996. He is currently Chairman of Medarex, Inc. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Executive Committee, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., having retired in September 1993 after being an employee of that company for over 31 years. Mr. Lerner is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medarex, Inc. and serves as a director on the boards of Covance Inc. and Nektar Therapeutics, Inc. He served for twelve years on the Board of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (now PhRMA), including chairing the Association�s FDA Issues Committee and the PMA Foundation. Mr. Lerner has also served on the Boards of the National Committee for Quality Health Care, the Partnership for New Jersey and the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine of Rutgers University. He received his B.S. and MBA degrees from Rutgers University, where he is currently Distinguished Executive-in-Residence at the Rutgers Business School. | 