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Thomas A. Bologna

President and Chief Executive Officer


Thomas A. Bologna has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors since April 2006. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Bologna was Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of Quorex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a pre-clinical stage anti-infective company. Mr. Bologna was Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of Ostex International, Inc. which developed, manufactured and marketed innovative products for the management of osteoporosis, from 1997 to 2003, and in 1999 he was also appointed Chairman of the Board. From 1996 to 1997, Mr. Bologna was a principal at Healthcare Venture Associates, a consulting firm. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Bologna was Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of Scriptgen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company with proprietary drug screening technology that developed orally active drugs to regulate gene expression, and from 1987 to 1994, Mr. Bologna was Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of Gen-Probe Incorporated, a biotechnology company commercializing genetic-probe-based technology for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, and in 1992 he was also appointed Chairman of the Board. Prior to Gen-Probe, Mr. Bologna held several senior level positions with Becton, Dickinson and Company and Warner-Lambert Company. At Becton, Dickinson and Company, he served as President of the Diagnostic Instrument Systems Division, President of the Johnston Laboratories Division, and Vice President and General Manager of the Hynson, Wescott & Dunning biotechnology unit. At Warner-Lambert Company, he served as a Vice President responsible for the marketing, sales and research and development functions, as well as the Asia/Pacific profit center for the Scientific Instrument Division. Mr. Bologna currently serves as a board member of SDIX, a publicly-traded biotechnology company. Mr. Bologna received an M.B.A. and a B.S. from New York University.

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