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Randal J. Kirk has been a director of Clinical Data since 2002 and Chairman of the Board of Directors since December 2004. Additionally, Mr. Kirk founded and became Chairman of the Board of New River Pharmaceuticals Inc. (New River) in 1996, which was a publicly-traded specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing novel pharmaceuticals and improved versions of widely-prescribed drugs, was President and Chief Executive Officer between October 2001 and April 2007 (prior to New River�s acquisition by Shire plc in April 2007). Mr. Kirk has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Mr. Kirk began his professional career in the private practice of law. Mr. Kirk co-founded General Injectables & Vaccines, Inc. (GIV), a pharmaceutical distributor, in 1983, and served as Chairman of the Board of GIV prior to the sale of that company in 1998. Previously, Mr. Kirk served as a member of the Board of Directors of Scios, Inc. (previously traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market prior to its acquisition by Johnson & Johnson) between February 2000 and May 2002, and was a member of the Board of Directors of Howe and Rusling, Inc., a registered investment advisory firm, from 2001 through 2006. He has served on the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Policy Advisory Board since March 2004. Mr. Kirk also currently serves in a number of additional capacities with the following entities: Senior Managing Director of Third Security, LLC, an investment management firm founded by Mr. Kirk, since 1999; and Chairman of Biological & Popular Culture LLC, an automated proactive notification software and service company, since September 2002. Mr. Kirk has also served on the Board of Visitors of Radford University since July 2003 and was elected Rector of the Board in September 2006, and he has also served on the on the Board of Directors of the Radford University Foundation, Inc. since September 1998. He was appointed to the Virginia Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates in July 2006. Mr. Kirk received a B.A. in Business from Radford University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia. | 