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Mr. Staab has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since May 2003. Previously he held senior financial positions with Triangle Pharmaceuticals Inc. a biotechnology company listed on the NASDAQ national exchange prior to it being acquired by Gilead Sciences Inc. in 2003. These positions included Vice President and Treasurer from August 2000 until May 2003 and Acting Chief Financial Officer from July 2002 until May 2003. His experience includes equity financing strategic alliances mergers and acquisitions drug commercialization SEC reporting treasury management and investor relations. Before joining Triangle Mr. Staab was a manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP providing audit and business advisory services to national and multi-national corporations in the biotechnology pharmaceutical pulp and paper and communications industries. He currently serves on the Board of the North Carolina Biosciences Organization and is a member of its audit committee. Mr. Staab is also a Board Member and Audit Committee Chairman for the Triangle Community Foundation. Mr. Staab is a Certified Public Accountant and received a B.S. in Business Administration and a Masters of Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | 