Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> August 6, 2001

Edward Legere – Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc (pphm)

EDWARD J. LEGERE is President & Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer on April 6, 2001; he was also re-appointed as a Director on December 29, 1999. Mr. Legere served as a Director from October 28, 1992 until September 8, 1998 when he resigned from his position for personal reasons. Mr. Legere has been President of Unified Management Corp., a business management, trade and consulting company, since September 1992. Mr. Legere has been General Partner of Legere Enterprises, Ltd., a biotechnology investment company located in Las Vegas, Nevada and an affiliate of Techniclone (by stock ownership) since December 1991 and is also the General Partner of Biotechnology Development, Ltd., a biotechnology development and marketing company located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Legere holds a BS degree in International Business from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, and an MBA from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief overview of the evolution of Peregrine

Pharmaceuticals, Inc?

Mr. Legere: Peregrine was actually previously named Techniclone

Corporation, and Techniclone was