David W. Nassif, J.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

David W. Nassif, J.D. has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer since May 2007 after consulting for us from October 2006 to May 2007. From May 2006 to October 2006, as well as earlier from 2001 to 2002, Mr. Nassif served as a principal at Strategic Consulting Services providing capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, licensing and investor relations services to various public and private life science and technology companies, including Amphastar. From 2002 to May 2006, Mr. Nassif was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Licensing at Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held, generic and specialty pharmaceutical company. From 2000 to 2001, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RealAge, Inc., a privately-held healthcare database information marketing company. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Nassif held various positions with Cypros Pharmaceutical Corporation, an American Stock Exchange listed specialty pharmaceutical company, culminating in the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Nassif received a B.Sc. in Finance and Management Information Systems from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.