Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 12, 2001

Thomas Bigger – Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc

Thomas J. Bigger has served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc., since September 1999. Mr. Bigger has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in both large and small companies, most recently as Senior Vice President of Magainin Pharmaceuticals from 1996-1999, and as Senior Vice President of Advanced Polymer Systems from 1994-1996. From 1980-1994, Mr. Bigger held a series of positions with increasing responsibility at Rhone Poulenc Rorer (RPR), including serving as President of Dernik Laboratories, a wholly owned subsidiary of RPR. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a brief history and overview of Paratek

Pharmaceuticals?

Mr. Bigger: Paratek Pharmaceuticals is a private biopharmaceuticals

company located in Boston, Massachusetts.