Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 4, 2002

David Urdal – Dendreon Corporation (dndn)

DAVID L. URDAL is President, Chief Scientific Officer and Vice Chairman of Dendreon Corporation, a biotechnology company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Urdal joined Dendreon in July of 1995. Prior to that time, he held various positions with Immunex Corporation, including President of Immunex Manufacturing Corporation, Vice President and Director of Development, and head of the departments of biochemistry and membrane biochemistry. Dr. Urdal received an MS in Public Health and a PhD in Biochemical Oncology from the University of Washington. Profile
TWST: Could you start with a brief overview of the history and evolution

of Dendreon Corporation?

Dr. Urdal: The company was founded in 1992 by two professors from

Stanford University, Ed