Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> August 14, 2000

Claude Nash – Viropharma Inc (vphm)

CLAUDE H. NASH is a co-founder of ViroPharma, Inc., and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since February 1997, and as Chief Executive Officer, President and Director since the company's commencement of operations in December 1994. From 1983 until 1994, Dr. Nash served as Vice President, Infectious Disease and Tumor Biology at Schering-Plough Corporation, a pharmaceutical company. Dr. Nash received his PhD from Colorado State University. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a summary of ViroPharma?

Dr. Nash: We started the company five years ago, focused on discovery,

development and commercialization of products to specifically