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Date:12/1/2008

build upon the potential ground breaking science coming out of Dr. Holers' laboratory," said Walsh. "Taligen's ability to develop multiple novel protein therapeutics targeting the alternative complement pathway and to specifically target them to sites of inflammation presents an exciting development opportunity and will afford us broad strategic latitude, including exploring substantial partnering opportunities. "

Dr. Horvath will drive the transition of basic research emerging from Dr. Holers' laboratory into the development phase. He will oversee pharmacology, PK/PD, toxicology, pathology and biological assays. He brings to Taligen extensive experience in the preclinical development and regulatory work required to file Investigational New Drug (IND) applications. Dr. Horvath has been responsible for non-clinical pharmacology and toxicology studies for a number of biologic compounds, including monoclonal antibody immunoconjugates and nucleic acids at Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Archemix Corp.

Dr. Green will lead Taligen's development project teams for the company's two most advanced clinical candidates, TT30 and TA106, across three potential indications: thrombotic microangiopathy, asthma and age-related macular degeneration. She has over 12 years of drug development experience first at Biogen-Idec and then at Millennium Pharmaceuticals. Most recently, Dr. Green has led global project teams for several product candidates in different phases of development at Millennium Pharmaceuticals.

About Taligen Therapeutics

Taligen Therapeutics is focused on the discovery and development of novel protein therapeutics that are designed to modulate the alternative pathway of the complement system to treat a wide range of inflammatory conditions and diseases. The company's lead therapeutic candidates are monoclonal antibodies and recombinant fusion proteins that target key factors in the al
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