Dr. Arie S. Belldegrun, MD, FACS Joins Two River Group Holdings as Chairman a...(California and as a biotechnologygroup l...)

Date:4/29/2008

California, and as a biotechnology group leader and member of The Los Angeles Economy and Jobs Committee established in October 2006 by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. He is the author of several books on prostate and kidney cancers, holds several biopharmaceutical patents, and has written over 400 scientific publications with an emphasis on Urologic Oncology.

Dr. Belldegrun resides in Los Angeles with his wife Dr. Rebecka Belldegrun, President and CEO of Bellco Capital, and their four children.

"I am extremely excited to join Two River as its Chairman and look forward to leading the development and creation of our portfolio companies. With our therapeutic technologies in development, we have the potential to address several major unmet medical needs and a unique opportunity to change patients' lives," said Arie Belldegrun, MD, FACS.

"We are honored to have Dr. Belldegrun join us at Two River," said Peter Kash, co-founder of Two River. "Arie and I have a relationship that goes back many years. It is built on trust and mutual respect, and has culminated in this union. We look forward to the benefit of his strategic vision and guidance as we continue to grow and build our portfolio companies."

About Two River Group Holdings

Two River is biotechnology focused venture capital firm that creates and manages development stage biotechnology companies to develop novel human therapeutic technologies that target a broad range of therapeutic areas, including oncology, cardiovascular disease, ophthalmology and metabolic disorders. Two River's goal is to create a limited number of high quality companies, each having a pipeline of clinical and preclinical compounds that address a common therapeutic area and a management team with relevant industry experience. To achieve this goal, the Two River team conducts rigorous clinical, legal and financial due diligence on hundreds of technologies each year, choosing only a select few to acquire for commercia
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