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Randall E. Woods has served as a member of our Board of Directors since December 2007. Mr. Woods is the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Sequel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. From April 2004 to September 2007, Mr. Woods was the President and Chief Executive Officer of NovaCardia, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, prior to its acquisition by Merck & Co.
Randall E. Woods is the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Sequel Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Woods was also President and Chief Executive Officer of NovaCardia prior to its acquisition by Merck & Co. Previously, Mr. Woods served approximately eight years as the Chief Executive Officer of Corvas International, Inc. He was also President of Boehringer Mannheim's US pharmaceutical operations and spent approximately 20 years at Eli Lilly & Company in sales and marketing positions. Mr. Woods currently serves as the chairman for the advisory board of the University of California, San Diego's Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center and is the incoming chair of the board of directors of BIOCOM, a Southern California life science industry association. Mr. Woods holds an M.B.A. from Western Michigan University and a B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from Ball State University. | 