Gustave Strain, chief executive officer of venture capital firmsSED Ventures and SED Management Company, died Tuesday inBoston at 49.

Strain was a member of the board of directors of CantabPharmaceuticals in England; Triplex Pharmaceuticals of TheWoodlands, Texas; and Richwood Pharmaceutical Company ofFlorence, Ky.

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