Barrier Therapeutics Inc.

Mr. Simon has served as a member of our board of directors since June 2002. In February 2005, Mr. Simon co-founded Clarus Ventures, LLC, a venture capital firm focused on life sciences companies. Mr. Simon has been a general partner of MPM BioVentures III, a healthcare venture capital fund, since October 2001. From April 2000 to July 2001, Mr. Simon was chief executive officer and founder of Collabra Pharma, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. Mr. Simon served in various management positions at Genentech, Inc., including its vice president of business and corporate development. Mr. Simon is currently on the board of directors of Sientra, Inc., and several pharmaceutical companies: Barrier Therapeutics, Inc., Neosil, Inc., QuatRx Pharmaceuticals Company, Pearl Therapeutics, Inc., Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Verus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He is also on the advisory council of the Gladstone Institute, a private not-for-profit research institute affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco. Mr. Simon received a bachelor of sciences degree in microbiology from the University of Maryland and a masters in business administration in marketing from Loyola College.