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Audit
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Compensation
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Nominating and Corporate Governance
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 Patrick J. McEnany 
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Co-Founder, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Patrick J. McEnany is our Co-Founder, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. McEnany has been Chief Executive Officer and a director since our formation in January 2002. He became Chairman and President in April 2006. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. McEnany was a consultant in the pharmaceutical industry. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. McEnany was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Royce Laboratories, Inc., a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer. From 1997 to 1998, after the merger of Royce into Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mr. McEnany served as president of the wholly-owned Royce Laboratories subsidiary and vice president of corporate development for Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. From 1993 to 1997, he also served as vice chairman and a director of the National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers. He currently serves on the board of directors for ThermoGenesis Corp., Renal CarePartners, Inc. and the Jackson Memorial Hospital Foundation.
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 Hubert E. Huckel, M.D.
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Co-Founder and Director
Hubert E. Huckel, M.D. is our Co-Founder and is a member of our board of directors. Dr. Huckel was Chairman of the Board until April 2006. Dr. Huckel spent 29 years with The Hoechst Group (now part of Sanofi-Aventis), and was at the time of his retirement in 1992, executive chairman of the board of Hoechst-Roussel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Huckel has continued his involvement in the prescription drug industry and currently serves on the boards of directors of Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ThermoGenesis Corp., Valera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Concordia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Huckel received his M.D. degree from the University of Vienna, Austria and is a member of the Rockefeller University Council.
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Charles B. O'Keeffe
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Senior Advisor and Director
Charles B. O'Keeffe became a consultant to us in December 2004 and has served as our Senior Advisor since that time. Mr. O'Keeffe has also served as a member of our board of directors since December 2004. Mr. O'Keeffe is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health at Virginia Commonwealth University, and has served in such capacity since January 1, 2004. Mr. O'Keeffe joined VCU after retiring as President and chief executive officer of Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a position Mr. O'Keeffe held from 1991 until 2003. As President of Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Services (from 1970 until 1971), he developed the first child-resistant, abuse-resistant vehicle for dispensing methadone. He served as president of Washington Reference Laboratories from 1972 until 1975, which provided toxicology services to the Department of Defense during the Vietnam War. He has served in the White House (from 1970 until 1973 and from 1976 until 1980) for three presidents — as advisor, special assistant for international health and deputy director for international affairs in the Office of Drug Abuse Policy — and has served on U.S. delegations to the World Health Assembly and the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Mr. O'Keeffe played a significant role in helping Congress reach consensus on the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000.
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Philip H. Coelho
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Director
Philip H. Coelho has been a member of our board of directors since October 2002. Mr. Coelho has been employed with ThermoGenesis Corp., a company focused on the blood processing and hospital/woundcare markets, since October 1986. Since November 1997, Mr. Coelho has served as chairman and chief executive officer of ThermoGenesis; from December 1989 to November 1997, Mr. Coelho was president and chief executive officer of ThermoGenesis; and from October 1986 to September 1989, Mr. Coelho served as vice president and director of research and development of ThermoGenesis. Prior to this, from October 1983 to October 1986, Mr. Coelho was president of Castleton, Inc., a company that developed and licensed the ultra-rapid heat transfer technology to ThermoGenesis. Mr. Coelho holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.
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David S. Tierney, M.D.
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Director
David S. Tierney, M.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2002. Dr. Tierney has served as the president and chief executive officer of Valera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a specialty pharmaceutical company, since 2000 and has served as a director since 2001. From January 2000 to August 2000, Dr. Tierney served as President of Biovail Technologies, a division of Biovail Corporation, a Canadian drug delivery company, where he was responsible for all of Biovail's research and development, regulatory and clinical activities. From March 1997 to January 2000, Dr. Tierney was Senior Vice President of Drug Development at Roberts Pharmaceutical Corporation, where he was responsible for all research and development activities, and for drug development, medical affairs, worldwide regulatory affairs and chemical process development, as well as being part of the executive management team. From December 1989 to March 1997, Dr. Tierney was employed by Élan Corporation, a pharmaceutical company, in a variety of management positions. Dr. Tierney received his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland and was subsequently trained in internal medicine.
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Milton J. Wallace
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Director
Milton J. Wallace became a member of our board of directors in October 2002. Mr. Wallace was a practicing attorney in Miami, Florida for over 40 years until 2005, when he retired. Mr. Wallace served as co-founder and chairman of Renex Corporation, a provider of kidney dialysis services, from July 1993 to February 2000, when that company was acquired by National Nephrology Associates, Inc. Mr. Wallace also was the co-founder and a director of Home Intensive Care, Inc., a provider of home infusion and dialysis services, from 1985 to July 1993, when that company was acquired by W.R. Grace & Co. Mr. Wallace was chairman of the board of directors of Med/Waste, Inc., an entity engaged in the business of medical waste, from June 1993 until February 13, 2002, when that company filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition under federal bankruptcy laws. Mr. Wallace currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of Renal CarePartners, Inc., as Vice Chairman of Preferred Care Partners, and as a member of the board of directors of Imperial Industries, Inc.
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