James R. Tobin, age 81, has served as Chairperson of our Board since July 2011. Mr. Tobin is the retired President and CEO of Boston Scientific Corporation, a medical device company, where he served from 1999 to 2009. Prior to Boston Scientific, Mr. Tobin was the President and CEO of Biogen Inc., and, from 1994 to 1997, its President and Chief Operating Officer. Before Biogen, Mr. Tobin spent 22 years with Baxter International Inc., rising from Financial Analyst to President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Tobin currently serves as a director of Globus Medical Inc., a public company, for which he serves as lead director, Lyra Therapeutics, a public company, and Xenter, Inc., a private company. Mr. Tobin has also previously served on the boards of Impulse Dynamics, from 2021 to 2023, and Oxford Immunotec, Inc., from 2014 to 2021, among others. Mr. Tobin received a Bachelor s Degree from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Tobin also served as Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. We believe that Mr. Tobin is qualified to serve on our Board because of his decades of experience as President and Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer of three large biotechnology and medical device companies.