Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> March 19, 2001

Paul Edwards – Genemedix Plc (gmx.l)

PAUL EDWARDS is the Chief Executive Officer of GeneMedix Plc. Mr Edwards, aged 44, was appointed to the Board in December 1999. He was formerly Vice President and General Manager of Genzyme Corporation's UK operation. A graduate in Chemistry from Surrey University, he spent seven years with Beecham Pharmaceuticals involved in the manufacture of semi-synthetic penicillins, before moving to Genzyme in 1986. Most recently, he has worked in management consultancy at Ruston Poole International. Mr Edwards is the former Chairman of the Manufacturing Advisory Committee of the UK BioIndustry Association, and has worked with the UK Department of Trade and Industry advising on issues relating to the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals. In 1997, he received an MBE for services to biotechnology and in 1999, the Donald Medal for services to biochemical engineering. Profile
TWST: Would you start us off with a quick corporate profile of

GeneMedix?

Mr. Edwards: GeneMedix was founded in 1997 to develop, manufacture and

market a range of generic versions of