People: Gentium S.p.A. (GENT.O)

Dr. Laura Ferro has been appointed as Director of Gentium S.p.A. Dr. Laura Laura Ferro had served as President and Chief Executive Officer and one of the Directors of Gentium S.p.A. since 1991 to August 2009. Her current term as a director expires on the date of the ordinary shareholders’ meeting approving 2008 Italian GAAP financial statements. Dr. Ferro is also the President and Chief Executive Officer of largest shareholder, FinSirton. She also serves as Vice President of Sirton, a subsidiary of FinSirton that specializes in manufacturing pharmaceutical products. Dr. Ferro is also a member of the board of directors of each of FinSirton, Sirton and Foltene Laboratories S.p.A., a former subsidiary of FinSirton that is in the hair care products business. From 1991 to 1997, Dr. Ferro held various executive positions at Sirton, including Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the research and development unit. Prior to that, Dr. Ferro was a practicing physician for 15 years. Dr. Ferro is a member of the executive committee of Farmindustria, an Italian pharmaceutical industry group. She is also the President of the Gianfranco Ferro Foundation, a not-for-profit Italian organization with the mission of stimulating research, education and dissemination of information on the correct use of medications and adverse events of medicines. Dr. Ferro received her M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Milan, and a Master of Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan in 1994. Dr. Ferro is a licensed physician. She was certified in psychiatry at the University of Milan in 1981 and in Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Milan in 1994.