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Mr. Faleschini, one of our directors since 2006, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BioSphere Medical, Inc. since November 2004 and as a director of BioSphere Medical since March 2005. BioSphere Medical develops, manufactures and markets products for medical applications using embolotherapy techniques. Embolotherapy is the therapeutic introduction of various substances into a patient's circulatory system to occlude blood vessels, either to arrest or prevent hemorrhaging or to devitalize a structure or organ by occluding its blood supply. Prior to joining BioSphere Medical, Mr. Faleschini served from 2003 to 2004 as Vice President and General Manager of American Medical Systems Gynecology, a business unit of American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc., a supplier of medical devices to physicians specializing in the treatment of urological and gynecological disorders. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Faleschini served as Vice President, Marketing and Sales at American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. | 