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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Held by Accipiter Life Sciences Fund (Offshore) Ltd.  Accipiter Capital Management, LLC, the investment manager of Accipiter Life Sciences Fund (Offshore), Ltd., and Gabe Hoffman, the managing member of Accipiter Capital Management, LLC, disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Held by Accipiter Life Sciences Fund II (Offshore), Ltd.  Accipiter Capital Management, LLC, the investment manager of Accipiter Life Sciences Fund II (Offshore), Ltd., and Gabe Hoffman, the managing member of Accipiter Capital Mangement, LLC, disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Held by Accipiter Life Sciences Fund II (QP), LP.  Candens Capital, LLC, the general partner of Accipiter Life Sciences Fund II (QP), LP, and Gabe Hoffman, the managing member of Candens Capital, LLC, disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Held by Accipiter Life Sciences Fund II, LP.  Candens Capital, LLC, the general partner of Accipiter Life Sciences Fund II, LP, and Gabe Hoffman, the managing member of Candens Capital, LLC, disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Held by Accipiter Life Sciences Fund, LP.  Candens Capital, LLC, the general partner of Accipiter Life Sciences Fund, LP, and Gabe Hoffman, the managing member of Candens Capital, LLC, disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>By: /s/ Gabe Hoffman, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-08-08</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>By: /s/ Gabe Hoffman, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-08-08</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Gabe Hoffman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-08-08</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>By: By Candens Capital, LLC, by Gabe Hoffman, managing member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-08-08</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: By Accipiter Capital Management, LLC, by Gabe Hoffman, managing member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-08-08</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: By Candens Capital, LLC, by Gabe Hoffman, managing member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-08-08</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: By Accipiter Capital Management, LLC, by Gabe Hoffman, managing member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-08-08</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: By Candens Capital, LLC, by Gabe Hoffman, managing member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-08-08</signatureDate>
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