BG Medicine, Inc. announced the appointment of Brian S. Posner to its Board of Directors. Mr. Posner has been a private investor since 2008 and is President of Point Rider Group LLC. From 2005 until March 2008, he served as Chief Executive Officer and co-Chief Investment Officer of ClearBridge Advisors LLC. Mr. Posner, served as Portfolio Manager and an Analyst at Fidelity Investments from 1987 to 1996 and, from 1997 to 1999, at Warburg Pincus Asset Management/Credit Suisse Asset Management where he also served as co-Chief Investment Officer and Director of Research. In 2000, he co-founded Hygrove Partners, LLC, a hedge fund, and served as the Managing Partner until joining ClearBridge in 2005.