Jeff George has served as Chair of our board of directors since March 2024. Mr. George has over 25 years of leadership experience across North America, Europe, and emerging markets. Since January 2017, he has served as the Managing Partner of Maytal Capital, a healthcare-focused private equity investment and advisory firm he founded. Between 2008 and 2016, Mr. George served on the Executive Committee of Novartis Group AG, a global pharmaceutical leader, first as Division Head and CEO of Sandoz, Novartis generic pharmaceuticals and biosimilars subsidiary, and then as Division Head and CEO of Alcon, Novartis then eye care subsidiary, both of which are now publicly-listed companies. Mr. George previously headed Emerging Markets for the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, and CIS at Novartis Pharmaceuticals and served as Vice President and Head of Western and Eastern Europe for Novartis Vaccines. Prior to this, Mr. George held leadership roles at Gap Inc. and McKinsey & Co. Mr. George has served on the board of directors of Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMRX), a generics, biosimilars, and specialty pharmaceuticals company, since 2019. Until 2025, Mr. George also served on the boards of directors of 908 Devices (Nasdaq: MASS), a pioneer in life science diagnostics until its divestiture of its biopharma business to Repligen; Dorian Therapeutics, a cellular anti-senescence biotech spun out of Stanford University until its sale to Altos Labs; and Lykos Therapeutics, a CNS-focused private biopharma company whose FDA-designated breakthrough therapy for PTSD has completed two Phase 3 clinical trials. Mr. George holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University s School of Advanced International Studies, and a B.A. from Carleton College. We believe Mr. George is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive industry background and experience in the life sciences industry.