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EXHIBIT 1

AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT REGARDING JOINT FILING

        The undersigned, Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P. a Delaware limited partnership, Biotechnology Value Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, BVF Investments, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Investment 10, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company, BVF Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and BVF Inc., a Delware corporation, hereby agree and acknowledge that the information required by Schedule 13D, as amended, to which this Agreement is attached as an exhibit, is filed on behalf of each of them. The undersigned further agree that any further amendments or supplements thereto shall also be filed on behalf of each of them.

        Dated: August 16, 2005

    BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND, L.P.  

 

 

By:

BVF Partners L.P., its general partner

 

 

 

 

By:

BVF Inc., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  
MARK N. LAMPERT      
Mark N. Lampert
President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
    BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND II, L.P.  

 

 

By:

BVF Partners L.P., its general partner

 

 

 

 

By:

BVF Inc., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  
MARK N. LAMPERT      
Mark N. Lampert
President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
    BVF INVESTMENTS L.L.C.  

 

 

By:

BVF Partners L.P., its manager

 

 

 

 

By:

BVF Inc., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  
MARK N. LAMPERT      
Mark N. Lampert
President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
    INVESTMENT 10, L.L.C.  

 

 

By:

BVF Partners L.P., its attorney-in-fact

 

 

 

 

By:

BVF Inc., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  
MARK N. LAMPERT      
Mark N. Lampert
President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
    BVF PARTNERS L.P.  

 

 

By:

BVF Inc., its general partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  
MARK N. LAMPERT      
Mark N. Lampert
President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
    BVF INC.  

 

 

By:

/s/  
MARK N. LAMPERT      
Mark N. Lampert
President