Edward M. Basile, age 78, has served as a member of our Board since February 2016. He is currently retired. During his 25-year tenure with the law firm King & Spalding LLP, Mr. Basile served as Chair of the firm s FDA and Life Sciences Practice and on the firm s Policy and Compensation Committees. Mr. Basile s law practice included representing large, medium and small medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Mr. Basile also served in the Chief Counsel s Office of FDA as Associate Chief Counsel for Drugs & Biologics and Associate Chief Counsel for Enforcement from 1975 to 1985. Mr. Basile received a Bachelor s Degree in mechanical engineering from Lafayette College and a J.D. from George Washington University Law School. We believe that Mr. Basile is qualified to serve on our Board because of his decades of experience representing medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.