Tamara L. Joseph, J.D. has served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since May 2008. Ms. Joseph was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Company Secretary, Mayne Pharma Ltd., from July 2006 until joining Cubist. Ms. Joseph was Vice President, General Counsel and Company Secretary, at Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. Previously, Ms. Joseph worked at Biogen Idec from 1998 to 2005, based in Paris, France, where she established and then had overall responsibility for the international legal and public affairs functions of Biogen's international operations, serving as Vice President, International, Legal, from March 2002 until she left Biogen Idec in 2005. From 1990 to 1998, Ms. Joseph was an Associate at the law offices of Morrison & Foerster in New York, Los Angeles and Brussels, where she handled litigation, intellectual property, and commercial law matters. Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, from 1988 to 1990, she was an Associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in New York. From 2005 to 2007, Ms. Joseph was a Non-Executive Board Member of LTK Farma S.A.S. Ms. Joseph received a B.A. from Duke University, a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, and LLM degrees from the College of Europe and from the University of Paris. She is admitted to practice law in New York, California, England, and Wales.