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Cynthia W. Tuthill, Ph.D. has served as Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs and Chief Scientific Officer of SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since February 2006. Dr. Tuthill was previously Vice President, Scientific Affairs, since joining SciClone in October 1991. Dr. Tuthill has over 20 years of experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. At SciClone, Dr Tuthhill is responsible for the design and oversight of all non clinical studies. Prior to joining SciClone, Dr. Tuthill was a senior product development scientist at Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems, responsible for development of manufacturing methods, according to Good Manufacturing Processes, for new reagents for the assessment of viral diseases. From 1984 to 1990, she was a senior scientist at California Biotechnology, Inc. (now Scios, Inc.). At California Biotechnology she was project manager for several large heart disease therapeutic projects, as well as being responsible for analysis and purification of recombinant human proteins. Dr. Tuthill earned her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Ph.D. in protein biochemistry with highest honors from Harvard University. | 