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Research and development of novel antisense pharmaceuticals.

Directors and Management

Professor Graham Mitchell

Non-Executive Director 24/10/2001

Professor Mitchell was a former senior researcher at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, a Chief Scientist in Victorian Government Departments, and a Director of Research in the R&D Division of CSL Limited. He is currently Principal and CEO of Foursight Associates Pty Ltd.

AO, RDA, BVSc, FACVSc, PhD, FTSE, FAA Male

Dr Gary W Pace

Non-Executive Director 09/11/2015

Dr Pace has more than 40 years of experience in the development and commercialization of technologies in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and the food industries. He has held visiting academic positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Queensland. Dr Pace is currently a director of Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc.

B.Sc (Hons), Ph.D (Fullbright Scholar), FATSE (Aus Male

Mr Robert William Moses

Non-Executive Director 23/10/2001

Mr Moses was formerly Corporate Vice President of CSL Limited. Mr Moses has more than 40 years experience in the pharmaceutical/ biotechnology industry. During the period 1993-2001, he played a role in CSL's development internationally. Prior to CSL, he was Managing Director of commercial law firm Freehills, Chairman and CEO of medical service company, and Corporate Manager of New Business Development at ICI (now Orica). Mr Moses is also the former Non-Executive Chairman of TGR Biosciences Pty Ltd and also has had spend 17 years in management roles at the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly.

BA, MBA, FAICD, FAIM Male

Mr Mark P Diamond

Chief Executive Officer,Managing Director 31/10/2001

Mr Diamond has over 30 years experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Previously, Mr Diamond was serving in US as Director, Project Planning/Business Development at Faulding Pharmaceuticals. Prior to this he held the positions of Senior Manager, Business Development and In-licensing within Faulding's European operation based in the UK and Business Development Manager with Faulding in Australia.

BSc, MBA, MAICD Male

Mr William Goolsbee

Non-Executive Director 15/10/2015

Mr Goolsbee was founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Horizon Medical Inc. from 1987 until its acquisition by a unit of UBS Private Equity in 2002. Mr Goolsbee was a founder & Director of ImmunoTherapy Corporation in 1993, and became Chairman in 1995, a position he held until overseeing the successful acquisition of ImmunoTherapy by AVI Biopharma, Inc. (now Sarepta Therapeutics) in 1998. Mr Goolsbee served as Chairman of privately held BMG Pharma LLC from 2006 through 2011 and of Metrodora Therapeutics until 2015. He currently serves as an Director of Helix BioMedix, Inc. (Since 2019) and previously a director of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (Until December 2016).

BA Male

Dr Ben Gil Price

Non-Executive Director 04/10/2021

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PhD Male

Dr Charmaine Gittleson

Non-Executive Director,Non-Executive Chairman 22/03/2021

Dr Gittleson is a senior executive with international experience as a pharmaceutical physician and enterprise manager in pharmaceutical drug development, governance and risk management gained during her 15-year tenure (2005-2020) with global specialty biotechnology company CSL Limited (ASX: CSL). During her time at CSL, Dr Gittleson had at various times accountability for clinical research, medical safety, medical and patient related ethics for development and on market programs, providing leadership in strategic product development, planning and implementation across multiple therapeutic and rare disease areas. At CSL, Dr Gittleson held a range of leadership roles of: Senior Director, Head Safety and Clinical Development (2006-2010) in Melbourne Australia; Vice President Clinical Strategy (2010-2013) and Senior Vice President Clinical Development (2013-2017) in Pennsylvania United States; and Chief Medical Officer in Melbourne from 2017 until her recent retirement from corporate roles in 2020. Dr Gittleson was Chair of the company's Global Benefit Risk Committee, managing overall product safety which facilitated regulatory approvals in USA, EU, Japan, South America and Asia-Pacific; Chair of CSL's Bioethics Advisory Forum; and Chair of CSL's Strategic and Technical Risk Committee, tasked with delivering development programs on time with quality and within budget, achieving five new global product approvals and launches within a 24-month period, which included a number of rare disease therapies. In her role as Senior Vice President Clinical Development, Dr Gittleson led all clinical and safety strategic and operational R&D functions with teams in USA, Europe, Japan, China and Australia and was responsible for managing an annual clinical development budget and was a participant in regulatory agency negotiations, due diligence activities, industry meetings and annual analyst briefings. Dr Gittleson has been a scientific speaker at multiple medical conferences and regulatory workshops (FDA and EMA) and a keynote speaker at Women in Pharma & Leadership conferences for Women in ASX200 listed companies 2017, 2018 and 2019.

MD,BSc,MBBS,GAICD,CompanyDirectorsCourse Medical physician Female

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