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Kevin R. Bracken joined us as Vice President Manufacturing in October 2001. From July 1998 to October 2001 Mr. Bracken was Vice President Process Engineering and Manufacturing for Universal Preservation Technologies Inc. and from November 1995 to July 1998 he was Director of Engineering for Molecular Biosystems Inc. Prior to November 1995 he held a variety of process and engineering positions with Gilead Sciences Inc. and a predecessor company Vestar Inc. with Baxter International and with E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company. He brings experience in commercial scale-up of biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities process development and optimization and direction of research pre-clinical clinical production and contract manufacturing. Mr. Bracken earned his master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester in 1973 and his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware in 1970. | 