Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 17, 2003

Auvo Kaikkonen – Inion Ltd

DR. AUVO KAIKKONEN has been Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Inion Ltd. since December 1999. He received an MD from the University of Turku, Finland, in 1986, Specialist in Surgery in 1992 and PhD in Orthopedic Trauma Surgery in 1999 from Tampere University Medical School in Finland. Dr. Kaikkonen was a Medical Officer at the World Health Organization from 1992 to 1994 and was an Expert at the European Commission from 1995 to 1996. He participated in the MBA program at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK from 1998 to 2001. From April 1997 to November 1999, he was Director of Craniomaxillofacial Product Development at Bionx Implants Ltd. Profile
TWST: Please give us an overview of your company as well as your

products.

Dr. Kaikkonen: We are a company active in the area of biomaterials and

our niche or area of expertise is on