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Lynn Seely

Lead Independent Director at Blueprint Medicines

Lynn Seely, M.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2016. Dr. Seely was formerly president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of Myovant Sciences, Inc., or Myovant, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapies for women’s health diseases and other endocrine-related disorders. Prior to joining Myovant, Dr. Seely served as the chief medical officer of Medivation, Inc., or Medivation, from March 2005 until her retirement in October 2015, including as senior vice president and chief medical officer from January 2009 to October 2015. In this role, Dr. Seely led the development of XTANDI (enzalutamide) from the first-in-human clinical trial through global approvals, and actively participated in multiple drug development collaborations, including collaborations with Pfizer Inc. and Astellas Pharma US, Inc. for Phase 3 drug candidates, as well as the acquisition of talazoparib from BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Prior to joining Medivation, from September 2002 to March 2005, Dr. Seely served as vice president of clinical development at Anesiva, Inc., formerly Corgentech Inc., where she participated in a collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb for a Phase 3 drug candidate. Dr. Seely previously served as vice president of clinical development for Cytyc Health Corporation, a subsidiary of Cytyc Corporation, from 2001 to 2002, and from 2000 to 2001, Dr. Seely served as vice president of clinical development at ProDuct Health, Inc., a privately held medical device company prior to its acquisition by Cytyc Corporation. Dr. Seely began her career as an associate director of clinical development at Chiron Corporation. Dr. Seely received a B.A. in journalism from the University of Oklahoma and an M.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. She completed her residency and served as chief resident in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and she completed her fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at the University of California, San Diego. We believe Dr. Seely is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her extensive healthcare and life sciences experience.

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