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San Francisco, CA., August 31, 2009 – Alta Partners, a life sciences venture capital firm based in San Francisco, today announced that Robert Alexander, Ph.D. has been promoted to the position of Director. He currently represents Alta as a Director on the boards of SARcode and Sonexa, two Alta Partners VIII, L.P. portfolio companies. Robert joined Alta Partners as a Principal in 2005. “Over the past four years at Alta, Robert has proven to be a valued member of our firm and we are pleased to announce his promotion to Director.

Jean was truly a renaissance man who had interests and great proficiency in many fields. He often took passions to an extreme. He was a world class bridge player, who played international tournaments until his board load and family responsibilities made it impossible to remain competitive. He was an avid sports fan with a special love of world cup soccer. He would disappear in the summer of every fourth year to whatever destination held the world cup finals and often take in twenty matches or more. He was a fierce competitor who always relished a rigorous debate or a tough M&A negotiation.

A life sciences investing veteran for over 34 years, Jean was a leader for Alta and a pioneer in our industry. He was a valued and cherished colleague, partner and friend, and he will be sorely missed by us all.

Alta Partners is a diversified venture capital firm focused on life science and information technology investments. Headquartered in San Francisco, Alta currently manages seven funds aggregating over $1.5 billion in committed capital. Since its founding in 1996, Alta has been one of the most active life science investors funding over one hundred compto later-stage opportunities.

We prefer to act as lead investor in the projects that we pursue and, when appropriate, take a board seat as part of our investment. We provide critical strategic, operational and financial advice in this capacity. We also bring to bear insights and advantages from our expanded network of relationships, including assisting our portfolio companies in the recruitment of key executives and board members.

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