Thomas B. King

Thomas B. King has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since June 2003. From September 2002 to April 2003, Mr. King served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Cognetix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical development company. From January 1994 to February 2001, Mr. King held various senior executive positions, including President and Chief Executive Officer from January 1997 to October 2000, and was a member of the board of directors at Anesta Corporation, a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, until it was acquired by Cephalon, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company. Mr. King received an M.B.A. from the University of Kansas and a B.A. in chemistry from McPherson College.