Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 26, 2004

B.lynne Parshall – Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc (isis)

B. LYNNE PARSHALL is Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Isis Pharmaceuticals. She is responsible for overseeing the operations of development chemistry, manufacturing and pharmaceutics, finance, legal, patent affairs and is also very involved in the company's investor relations and business development activities. Ms. Parshall has been with Isis for 13 years. Previously, Ms. Parshall was a Partner with the firm of Cooley Godward LLP where she represented several health care companies in a general practice specializing in corporate partnering and other technology-based transactions. Ms. Parshall received her JD at Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, and her BA from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ms. Parshall is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of The Bishop's School and the Surf Soccer Board of Directors. She is also a member of the Licensing Executives Society and a member of the American, Californian, and San Diego bar associations. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of ISIS

Pharmaceuticals and a picture of the things you're doing at the present

time?

Ms. Parshall: ISIS Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology