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-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, I1uI9mdpSUfvPtPT9ZHLCWF50jNj2FbwagLKQPhw2lSg/7N5+rYapHRZ7tGY+FOH s4XlnrXKUpTVOS5mqm6avg== 0000921895-06-000381.txt : 20060209 0000921895-06-000381.hdr.sgml : 20060209 20060209134225 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000921895-06-000381 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060209 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060209 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000879181 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES [8082] IRS NUMBER: 621474680 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-42184 FILM NUMBER: 06592020 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5200 MARYLAND WAY STREET 2: MARYLAND FARMS OFFICE PARK CITY: BRENTWOOD STATE: TN ZIP: 37027 BUSINESS PHONE: 6152218884 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: MARYLAND FARMS OFFICE PARK STREET 2: 5200 MARYLAND WAY CITY: BRENTWOOD STATE: TN ZIP: 37027 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DIVERSICARE INC /DE DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930328 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ACCIPITER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001280190 IRS NUMBER: 134220800 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 399 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 38TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 2127058700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 399 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 38TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ACCIPITER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040213 SC 13G/A 1 sc13ga106588ahp_12312005.htm sec document


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                  SCHEDULE 13G
                                 (Rule 13d-102)

             INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
           TO RULES 13d-1(b) (c) AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED
                            PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(b)

                              (Amendment No. 1)(1)

                           American HomePatient, Inc.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                     COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    026649103
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                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                December 31, 2005
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             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
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Check the  appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

         / /     Rule 13d-1(b)

         /x/     Rule 13d-1(c)

         / /     Rule 13d-1(d)

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     (1)  The  remainder  of this  cover  page  shall  be  filled  out for a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class
of securities,  and for any subsequent  amendment  containing  information which
would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

          The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or otherwise  subject to the  liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  SEE the
NOTES).





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CUSIP No. 026649103                   13G                    Page 2 of 11 Pages
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     1         NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
               I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

                    ACCIPITER LIFE SCIENCES FUND, LP
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     2         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*         (a) / /
                                                                         (b) / /
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     3         SEC USE ONLY

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     4         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                    DELAWARE
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 NUMBER OF         5     SOLE VOTING POWER
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY                  506,944 shares
  OWNED BY     -----------------------------------------------------------------
    EACH           6     SHARED VOTING POWER
 REPORTING
PERSON WITH                   0 shares
               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   7     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                              506,944 shares
               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   8     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                              0 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     9         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
               PERSON

                    506,944 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    10         CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
               SHARES*                                                       / /
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    11         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

                    2.9%
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    12         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                    PN
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                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!




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CUSIP No. 026649103                   13G                    Page 3 of 11 Pages
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     1         NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
               I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

                   ACCIPITER LIFE SCIENCES FUND (OFFSHORE), LTD.
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     2         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*         (a) / /
                                                                         (b) / /
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     3         SEC USE ONLY

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     4         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                    CAYMAN ISLANDS
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 NUMBER OF         5     SOLE VOTING POWER
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY                  394,641 shares
  OWNED BY     -----------------------------------------------------------------
    EACH           6     SHARED VOTING POWER
 REPORTING
PERSON WITH                   0 shares
               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   7     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                              394,641 shares
               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   8     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                              0 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     9         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
               PERSON

                    394,641 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    10         CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
               SHARES*                                                       / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    11         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

                    2.3%
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    12         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                    OO
================================================================================

                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!




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CUSIP No. 026649103                   13G                    Page 4 of 11 Pages
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================================================================================
     1         NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
               I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

                   ACCIPITER LIFE SCIENCES FUND II, LP
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     2         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*         (a) / /
                                                                         (b) / /
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     3         SEC USE ONLY

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     4         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                    DELAWARE
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 NUMBER OF         5     SOLE VOTING POWER
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY                  3,380 shares
  OWNED BY     -----------------------------------------------------------------
    EACH           6     SHARED VOTING POWER
 REPORTING
PERSON WITH                   0 shares
               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   7     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                              3,380 shares
               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   8     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                              0 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     9         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
               PERSON

                    3,380 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    10         CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
               SHARES*                                                       / /
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    11         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

                    0.0%
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    12         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                    PN
================================================================================

                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!





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CUSIP No. 026649103                   13G                    Page 5 of 11 Pages
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     1         NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
               I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

                   CANDENS CAPITAL, LLC
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     2         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*         (a) / /
                                                                         (b) / /
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     3         SEC USE ONLY

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     4         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                    DELAWARE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NUMBER OF         5     SOLE VOTING POWER
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY                  0 shares
  OWNED BY     -----------------------------------------------------------------
    EACH           6     SHARED VOTING POWER
 REPORTING
PERSON WITH                   510,324 shares
               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   7     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                              0 shares
               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   8     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                              510,324 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     9         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
               PERSON

                    510,324 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    10         CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
               SHARES*                                                       / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    11         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

                    2.9%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    12         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                    OO
================================================================================

                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



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CUSIP No. 026649103                   13G                    Page 6 of 11 Pages
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================================================================================
     1         NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
               I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

                  ACCIPITER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
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     2         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*         (a) / /
                                                                         (b) / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     3         SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     4         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                    DELAWARE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NUMBER OF         5     SOLE VOTING POWER
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY                  0 shares
  OWNED BY     -----------------------------------------------------------------
    EACH           6     SHARED VOTING POWER
 REPORTING
PERSON WITH                   394,641 shares
               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   7     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                              0 shares
               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   8     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                              394,641 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     9         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
               PERSON

                    394,641 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    10         CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
               SHARES*                                                       / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    11         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

                    2.3%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    12         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                    OO
================================================================================

                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!




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CUSIP No. 026649103                   13G                    Page 7 of 11 Pages
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     1         NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
               I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

                   GABE HOFFMAN
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     2         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*         (a) / /
                                                                         (b) / /
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     3         SEC USE ONLY

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     4         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                    USA
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NUMBER OF         5     SOLE VOTING POWER
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY                  0 shares
  OWNED BY     -----------------------------------------------------------------
    EACH           6     SHARED VOTING POWER
 REPORTING
PERSON WITH                   904,965 shares
               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   7     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                              0 shares
               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                   8     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                              904,965 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     9         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
               PERSON

                    904,965 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    10         CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
               SHARES*                                                       / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    11         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

                    5.2%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    12         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                    IN
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                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!





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CUSIP No. 026649103                   13G                    Page 8 of 11 Pages
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Item 1(a).        Name of Issuer:

                  American HomePatient, Inc.

Item 1(b).        Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

                  5200 Maryland Way, Suite 400
                  Brentwood, TN  37027

Item 2(a).        Name of Person Filing:

                  This  statement is jointly  filed by Accipiter  Life  Sciences
                  Fund, LP, a Delaware limited partnership  ("ALSF"),  Accipiter
                  Life Sciences Fund (Offshore),  Ltd., a Cayman Islands company
                  ("Offshore"),  Accipiter Life Sciences Fund II, LP, a Delaware
                  limited partnership ("ALSF II"), Accipiter Capital Management,
                  LLC,  a Delaware  limited  liability  company  ("Management"),
                  Candens  Capital,  LLC, a Delaware limited  liability  company
                  ("Candens")  and Gabe Hoffman  (together  with ALSF,  ALSF II,
                  Offshore,  Management and Candens,  the  "Reporting  Person").
                  Gabe Hoffman is the managing  member of Candens  (Gabe Hoffman
                  and  Candens  are  hereinafter  referred  to as the  "Domestic
                  Controlling Persons"), which in turn is the general partner of
                  ALSF and ALSF II, and the managing member of Management  (Gabe
                  Hoffman  and  Management  are  hereinafter  referred to as the
                  "Foreign   Controlling   Persons"),   which  in  turn  is  the
                  investment manager of Offshore. Consequently, Mr. Hoffman, the
                  Domestic  Controlling  Persons and Foreign Controlling Persons
                  may be  deemed,  pursuant  to  Rule  13d-3  of the  Securities
                  Exchange  Act of  1934,  as  amended  (the  "Act"),  to be the
                  beneficial  owners of all shares of Common Stock held by ALSF,
                  ALSF II and Offshore.  The  Reporting  Persons are filing this
                  joint  statement,  as they may be  considered a "group"  under
                  Section 13(d)(3) of the Act. However,  neither this filing nor
                  anything  contained  herein shall be deemed to be an admission
                  by the Reporting Persons that such a group exists.

Item 2(b).        Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

                  399 Park Avenue, 38th Floor
                  New York, New York 10022

Item 2(c).        Citizenship:

                  ALSF,  ALSF II, Candens and Management are organized under the
                  laws of the State of Delaware. Offshore is organized under the
                  laws of the Cayman  Islands.  Gabe Hoffman is a citizen of the
                  United States of America.

Item 2(d).        Title of Class of Securities:

                  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

Item 2(e).        CUSIP Number:

                  026649103



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Item 3.           If This  Statement  is Filed  Pursuant  to Rule  13d-1(b),  or
13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:

                  /X/    Not Applicable

         (a)      / /    Broker or dealer  registered  under  Section  15 of the
                         Exchange Act.

         (b)      / /    Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Exchange Act.

         (c)      / /    Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the
                         Exchange Act.

         (d)      / /    Investment  company  registered  under Section 8 of the
                         Investment Company Act.

         (e)      / /    An   investment   adviser  in   accordance   with  Rule
                         13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).

         (f)      / /    An  employee   benefit  plan  or   endowment   fund  in
                         accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F).

         (g)      / /    A  parent   holding   company  or  control   person  in
                         accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).

         (h)      / /    A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the
                         Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

         (i)      / /    A church plan that is excluded  from the  definition of
                         an investment  company  under  Section  3(c)(14) of the
                         Investment Company Act.

         (j)      / /    Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

Item 4.           Ownership

                  The percentages used herein are calculated based on 17,388,389
                  shares of Common Stock  outstanding  as of October 26, 2005 as
                  reported in the Issuer's  Form 10-Q filed with the  Securities
                  and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2005.

                  See Cover Pages, Items 5-11.

Item 5.           Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

                  If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of
the date hereof the reporting  person has ceased to be the  beneficial  owner of
more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [ ].

Item 6.           Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

                  Not Applicable


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Item 7.           Identification  and  Classification  of the  Subsidiary  Which
                  Acquired the Security  Being Reported on by the Parent Holding
                  Company or Control Person.

                  Not Applicable

Item 8.           Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

                  See Exhibit A.

Item 9.           Notice of Dissolution of Group.

                  Not Applicable

Item 10.          Certifications.

                  By signing  below I certify  that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the securities  referred to above were not acquired and are not held
for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing  the control of
the  issuer  of the  securities  and  were  not  acquired  and are  not  held in
connection  with or as a participant in any  transaction  having that purpose or
effect.





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                                    SIGNATURE

                  After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief,  I certify  that the  information  set forth in this  statement is true,
complete and correct.

Dated: February 6, 2006                    ACCIPITER LIFE SCIENCES FUND, LP

                                           By: Candens Capital, LLC
                                               its general partner

                                           By: /s/ Gabe Hoffman
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Gabe Hoffman, Managing Member


                                           ACCIPITER LIFE SCIENCES FUND II, LP

                                           By: Candens Capital, LLC
                                               its general partner

                                           By: /s/ Gabe Hoffman
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Gabe Hoffman, Managing Member


                                           ACCIPITER LIFE SCIENCES FUND
                                           (OFFSHORE), LTD.

                                           By: Accipiter Capital Management, LLC
                                               its investment manager

                                           By: /s/ Gabe Hoffman
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Gabe Hoffman, Managing Member


                                           ACCIPITER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Gabe Hoffman
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Gabe Hoffman, Managing Member


                                           CANDENS CAPITAL, LLC

                                           By: /s/ Gabe Hoffman
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Gabe Hoffman, Managing Member


                                           /s/ Gabe Hoffman
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           GABE HOFFMAN
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