Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> May 3, 2004

Emile Loria – Epimmune Inc (epmn)

DR. EMILE LORIA has served as a Director on Board of Directors of Epimmune Inc. since January 2001. He joined Epimmune as President and Chief Executive Officer in June 2001. From 1995 to 2000, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Biovector Therapeutics, a vaccine company. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, he served as Senior Vice President, Business Development at Biovector from 1994 to 1995. From 1986 to 1993, he was founder and Managing Director of MS Medical Synergy, a company specialized in drug delivery. From 1978 to 1985, Dr. Loria held various positions with the pharmaceutical companies Hoffman La Roche-Kontron, Ciba-Geigy and Sanofi Pharma. Dr. Loria received his MD from the University of Paris Sud, Paris XI, France in 1982. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with an overview of Epimmune?

Dr. Loria: Epimmune was started in 1997 as a spinoff from Cytel. In

1999, Cytel's lead product candidate failed to show efficacy in a