Mauro Bove
Director

Mr. Bove has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2004 and has more than 25 years of business and management experience within the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Bove is currently the Head of Corporate & Business Development and serves on the board of Sigma-Tau Finanziaria S.p.A., the holding company of Sigma-Tau Group, a leading international pharmaceutical company, and certain Sigma-Tau affiliates, positions he has held since 1993. Sigma-Tau Finanziaria S.p.A. and its affiliates are collectively our largest stockholder. Mr. Bove has also held a number of senior positions in business, licensing and corporate development within Sigma-Tau Group, which has subsidiaries in most European countries and the United States. Mr. Bove obtained his law degree at the University of Parma, Italy, in 1980. In 1985, he attended the Academy of American and International Laws at the International and Comparative Law Center, Dallas, Texas. The Board believes that Mr. Bove’s extensive business and management experience within the pharmaceutical industry allows him to recognize and advise the Board with respect to recent industry developments.