Dennis M. Lanfear, age 70, is our co-founder and has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our Board of Directors since our inception in September 2010. Mr. Lanfear previously was President of InteKrin Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from 2005 to May 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Lanfear served in various senior leadership roles at Amgen Inc., a biopharmaceutical company from 1986 to 1999. While at Amgen, Mr. Lanfear had key leadership positions in the Process Development department, which under his management became an area of key strategic advantage for Amgen. From 1997 to 1999 Mr. Lanfear was Vice President, Market Development, focusing on long-term strategy for Epogen, a multi-billion dollar drug. Mr. Lanfear also held senior leadership roles in several product development programs including those for growth factors, somatotrophins and neurotrophins and directed efforts from preclinical studies to Phase 3 clinical trials at Amgen. From 2019 2025, Mr. Lanfear served as a director for Neuvogen, Inc., a cancer vaccine company, including as Chair of the Financing Committee. Mr. Lanfear holds B.S. degrees in both Chemical Engineering and in Biochemistry from Michigan State University and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. We believe Mr. Lanfear is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his background and various leadership roles in the biopharmaceutical field.