Dr. William H. Rastetter, Ph.D.

Overview

William H. Rastetter, Ph.D., 60, has been a director since November 1998 and Chairman of the Board since January 2005. During 2007, Dr. Rastetter became Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Chairman of Apoptos, Inc. Since August 2006, Dr. Rastetter has been serving as a partner of Venrock Associates, a venture capital company. Dr. Rastetter retired as the Executive Chairman of Biogen Idec Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, at the end of 2005. He had served in this position since the merger of Biogen, Inc. and IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation in November 2003. He served as Chief Executive Officer of IDEC Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company, from December 1986 through November 2003 and as chairman of the Board of Directors from May 1996 to November 2003. Additionally, he served as President of IDEC Pharmaceuticals from 1986 to 2002, and as Chief Financial Officer from 1988 to 1993. From 1982 to 1986, Dr. Rastetter served in various positions at Genentech, Inc., a biotechnology company, and previously he was an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Rastetter holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University.