Mr. Roe has served on our Board of Directors since June 1998, except for the period from November 2002 to December 2002. Mr. Roe was Senior Vice President for United Therapeutics Corporation, a public biotechnology company, from November 1999 to November 2000. From November 1988 to March 1999, Mr. Roe founded and served in various management positions at Covance Health Economics and Outcome Services, a consulting firm for life sciences companies, last serving as Chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Roe has been a general partner of InCube Ventures, Inc., a medical device-focused venture capital firm, since 2008. Mr. Roe received an M.A. in Political Economy from the State University of New York and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Maryland. In the past five years, Mr. Roe has served as a member of the boards of directors of Aradigm, Inc., Favrille, Inc., and Celera Corporation, all of which are public companies.
Mr. Roe brings to our Board of Directors extensive experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, specifically in the areas of development and commercialization of pharmaceutical and medical device products, as well as extensive experience in accounting and finance issues.