 | Christopher J. Sobecki Director
Mr. Sobecki has been a director since our acquisition by Artal Luxembourg S.A., or Artal, on September 29, 1999. Mr. Sobecki, a Managing Director of The Invus Group, LLC, joined the firm in 1989. He received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He also obtained a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. Mr. Sobecki is a director of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and a number of private companies of which Artal, including its parents and subsidiaries, or Invus, L.P. are shareholders. Mr. Sobecki was previously a director of NitroMed Inc. |