Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 26, 2004
DR. DAVID YOUNG is the President, Chief Scientific Officer and Chairman
of ARIUS Research Inc. of Toronto, Ontario. ARIUS Research is a medical
biotechnology company committed to the rapid discovery and development
of functional cancer-killing antibodies. Dr. Young oversees general
corporate strategy and directs the company's scientific programs. He
received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1990 and Master of Science
degree through the Surgical Scientist Program in 1996, both from the
University of Toronto. He did his surgical training at the University of
Toronto. He is an author of more than 40 papers, abstracts and patents.
From 1997 to 1999, he was a clinical associate in the Division of
Cardiovascular Surgery at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of ARIUS Researchand give us a picture of the things you're doing at the company at the
present time?
Dr. Young: ARIUS Research is a