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Dr. Gage is a highly respected veteran of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. He joined Flagship Ventures as a venture partner in 2003. He is currently chairman of the board of two Flagship portfolio companies, Compound Therapeutics and Acceleron, and is also a director of Neose Technologies, Inc., Protein Design Labs, Inc., and Serono S.A. He also advises Warburg Pincus, Perkin Elmer, and Functional Genetics, a private biotech company. Previously, Dr. Gage spent 18 years at Hoffmann-La Roche where he held the position of vice president, exploratory research. In 1989, he joined Genetics Institute, Inc. as chief operating officer and eventually, president in 1997. In 1998, Dr. Gage was named president of Wyeth Research for the combined companies, and in 2000 was also named senior vice president, science and technology, for Wyeth. In this capacity he oversaw all protein pharmaceutical manufacturing and also served as the chief scientific officer for Wyeth and as advisor to the company's chairman and CEO and board of directors. | 