Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 8, 2002

David Allan – Ym Biosciences Inc (ymb:aim)

DAVID G.P. ALLAN has been Chief Executive Officer of YM BioSciences Inc. since April 1998 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the corporation since 1994. In 1992 he founded the Knowledge-Based Industries Group of a Canadian investment banking firm, organized as the first in Canada involved in financing, analyzing and creating strategic alliances for life sciences and information technology companies, where he was Executive Director until 1998. Mr. Allan is a former Governor of The Toronto Stock Exchange and a former member of the Canadian Healthcare Licensing Association and the Awards Selection Committee for the Networks of Centres of Excellence in Canada. Profile
TWST: May we start out with a quick overview of YM BioSciences?

Mr. Allan: YM BioSciences is a cancer product development company. That

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