Brad Goodwin

Chairperson, Board of Directors

Brad Goodwin was elected a director of Facet Biotech in November 2008. Mr. Goodwin is President and CEO of Keren Pharmaceutical, a start up company developing a third generation RNAi technology targeting human therapeutics. Between 2001 and 2006, Mr. Goodwin served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Novacea, Inc., a publicly held biopharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, developing and commercializing novel therapies for the treatment of cancer. Between 2000 and 2001, Mr. Goodwin served as President, Chief Operating Officer and Founder of Collabra Pharma, a privately held company offering pharmaceutical product licensing and development. Between 1987 and 2000, Mr. Goodwin held various positions at Genentech, Inc., including most recently Vice President of Finance. While at Genentech, in addition to his finance responsibilities, he helped structure and negotiate significant product licenses, including the license of Rituxan®, and developed long-range strategic plans. From 2004 to January 2007, Mr. Goodwin was Chairman of the Board of CoTherix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on licensing, developing and commercializing therapeutic products for the treatment of cardiopulmonary and infectious diseases. Mr. Goodwin is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Rigel, Inc., a public biotechnology company and R&D Logic, Inc., a privately held entity. Mr. Goodwin received his B.S. degree from the University of California at Berkeley.