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Sandford "Sandy" Smith joins the Cytokinetics Board of Directors with over 30 years of commercial, general management and corporate development experience in the biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical industries. Mr. Smith is currently a Managing Director at Tullis Health Investors (THI), a family of funds focused on investments in emerging biopharmaceutical and other healthcare companies. Prior to joining THI, he served as Executive Vice President of Genzyme Corporation and President of their International Group, overseeing 45 offices around the world, and leading 1,300 employees. During his 15 years at Genzyme, Mr. Smith was responsible for the successful launch of 12 new products in multiple therapeutic categories, including rare genetic disease. From 1986 to 1996, Mr. Smith served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of RepliGen Corporation, a publicly traded biotechnology company. Previously, Mr. Smith spent over ten years with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company where he held a number of general management positions in the international group, including Vice President of Corporate Development and Planning for the U.S. Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Group. Mr. Smith has served as Director on a number of boards of both public and private healthcare companies and currently serves as a Board member of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals and BIO Behavioral Diagnostics Corp, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Mr. Smith earned his B.Sc. degree from the University of Denver.