Philip J. Gotwals has 30 years of biopharmaceutical experience in R&D, business development, product development and therapeutic area strategy. He was Global Head of Business Development and Licensing at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) from November 2019 to October 2023, where he oversaw business development for all disease areas and technology platforms. Prior to that, Dr. Gotwals was Global Head, Search and Evaluation, Business Development and Licensing of NIBR from June 2017 to November 2019. Dr. Gotwals also served as Executive Director, Oncology/Immuno-Oncology Research at NIBR from September 2010 to June 2017, and previously as Executive Director and Franchise Head, Oncology from April 2009 to August 2010. Prior to NIBR, he was Vice President, Program Management at Altus Pharmaceuticals from 2006 to 2009, where he was responsible for product development and project management activities. Prior to Altus, he was with Biogen Idec from 1994 to 2006 in increasing roles of leadership, most recently as Senior Director, Department of Program and Alliance Management. Dr. Gotwals has served as a Partner at RedSky Partners, LLC, which provides advisory services to the biotechnology industry in the areas of corporate strategy and business development, since November 2023. Dr. Gotwals serves on the board of directors of Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Gotwals has a B.A. in biology from Amherst College, holds a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of California at Berkeley, completed postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, business training at Harvard Business School and has published extensively in the area of integrin biology. Dr. Gotwals experience advising biotechnology companies and as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry contributed to our board of directors conclusion that he should serve as a director of our company.