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P. Roy Vagelos, MD
Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Merck & Co. Inc.: P. Roy Vagelos, MD, has been Chairman of the Board of the Company since January 1995. Prior to joining Regeneron, Dr. Vagelos was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Merck & Co., Inc. He joined Merck in 1975, became a director in 1984, President and Chief Executive Officer in 1985, and Chairman in 1986. Dr. Vagelos retired from all positions with Merck in 1994. Dr. Vagelos is the Chairman of the Board of Theravance, Inc.
Member of the Technology Committee
Leonard S. Schleifer, MD, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer: Leonard S. Schleifer, MD, PhD, founded the Company in 1988, has been a Director and its President and Chief Executive Officer since its inception, and served as Chairman of the Board from 1990 through 1994. In 1992, Dr. Schleifer was appointed Clinical Professor of Neurology at Cornell University Medical College (now called Weill Medical College of Cornell University), and from 1984 to 1988 he was Assistant Professor at Cornell University Medical College in the Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology. Dr. Schleifer received his MD and PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Virginia. Dr. Schleifer is a licensed physician and is certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Member of the Technology Committee
George D. Yancopoulos, MD, PhD
Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer and President, Regeneron Research Laboratories: George D. Yancopoulos, MD, PhD, has been Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer and President, Regeneron Research Laboratories since December 2000 and a Director since 2001. Prior to that date, he was Senior Vice President, Research, a position he held since June 1997, and Chief Scientific Officer, a position he held since January 1998. Dr. Yancopoulos was Vice President Discovery from January 1992 until June 1997, Head of Discovery from January 1991 to January 1992, and Senior Staff Scientist from March 1989 to January 1991. He received his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and his MD from Columbia University. Dr. Yancopoulos is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Member of the Technology Committee
Charles A. Baker
Retired Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Liposome Company, Inc.: Charles A. Baker has been a Director of the Company since February 1989. In September 2000, Mr. Baker retired as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of The Liposome Company, Inc., a position he had held since December 1989. During his career, Mr. Baker served in a senior management capacity in various pharmaceutical companies, including tenures as Group Vice President, Squibb Corporation (now Bristol-Myers Squibb) and President, Squibb International, and various senior executive positions at Abbott Laboratories and Pfizer, Inc. Mr. Baker currently is a member of the Board of Directors of Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Member of the Audit Committee
Michael S. Brown, MD
Regental Professor and Director, Jonsson Center for Molecular Genetics
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: Michael S. Brown, MD, has been a Director of the Company since June 1991. Dr. Brown is Professor of Medicine and Genetics and the Director of the Center for Genetic Diseases at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, a position he has held since 1985. His scientific contributions in cholesterol and lipid metabolism were made in collaboration with Dr. Joseph L. Goldstein. Drs. Brown and Goldstein jointly received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1985. Dr. Brown is a member of the Board of Directors of Pfizer, Inc.
Member of the Corporate Governance Committee
Chair of the Technology Committee
Alfred G. Gilman, MD, PhD
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Dean, UT Southwester Medical School, Regental Professor of Pharmacology The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: Alfred G. Gilman, MD, PhD, a co-founder of the Company, has been a Director of the Company since July 1990. Dr. Gilman has served as Dean of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School since 2005 and has held the Raymond and Ellen Willie Distinguished Chair in Molecular Neuropharmacology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School since 1987. Dr. Gilman is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1994. Dr. Gilman is a member of the Board of Directors of Eli Lilly and Company.
Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee
Member of the Technology Committee
Joseph L. Goldstein, MD
Regental Professor and Chairman, Department of Molecular Genetics The University of Texas Southwestern Center at Dallas: Joseph L. Goldstein, MD, has been a Director of the Company since June 1991. Dr. Goldstein has been Professor of Medicine and Genetics and Chairman of the Department of Molecular Genetics at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas since 1977. Dr. Goldstein is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Drs. Goldstein and Brown jointly received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1985.

Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Technology Committee
Arthur F. Ryan
Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Prudential Financial, Inc.: Arthur F. Ryan has been a Director of the Company since January 2003. Mr. Ryan is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Prudential Financial, Inc., one of the largest diversified financial institutions in the world. Prior to joining Prudential in December 1994, Mr. Ryan served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Chase Manhattan Bank since 1990. Mr. Ryan ran Chase's worldwide retail bank between 1984 and 1990.

Member of the Audit Committee
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Corporate Governance Committee
Eric M. Shooter, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurobiology Stanford University School of Medicine: Eric M. Shooter, PhD, a co-founder of the Company, has been a Director since 1988. Dr. Shooter has been a Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine since 1968 and is now a Professor Emeritus. He was the founding Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine in 1975 and served as its Chairman until 1987. Dr. Shooter is a Fellow of the Royal Society of England and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Member of the Technology Committee
George L. Sing
Cheif Executive Officer, Stemnion, Inc.
Managing Director, Lancet Capital: George L. Sing has been a Director of the Company since January 1988. Since 1998, he has been a Managing Director of Lancet Capital, a venture capital investment firm in the healthcare field. Since January 2004, Mr Sing has served as Chief Executive Officer of Stemnion, Inc., a bio-medical company in the regenerative medicine field.

Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee