Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> December 18, 2000

Eric Dupont – Aeterna Laboratories Inc (aela)

RIC DUPONT, PhD, is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Dupont is responsible for the overall strategic direction and development of terna Laboratories Inc. Dr. Dupont founded terna Laboratories in 1991 while completing his PhD in Physiology- Endocrinology and a Certificate in Business Administration at Laval University. Dr. Dupont also completed Post-Doctoral tudies in Neuro- Endocrinology at the Research Centre of the Notre-Dame Hospital in Montreal, a research center affiliated with the University of Montreal. During his studies, Dr. Dupont was the recipient of a fellowship from the Medical Research Council of Canada from 1990 to 1993. He has also received numerous awards of excellence for his work. Dr. Dupont is one of the inventors on the patents covering the angiogenesis inhibitor compound -941 developed by terna. Numerous organizations have already recognized the quality of Dr. Dupont's achievements as well as those of terna, such as the Foundation Armand-Frappier (Prize winner for Emerging Industries, 1996), the Laval University Alumni ('Raymond Blais' Medal, 1996), and the Caldwell Partners International ('Top 40 under forty', 1996). Dr. Dupont is the author or co-author of over fifty scientific publications and lectures. Profile
TWST: Could you please start off with a short overview and profile of

terna Laboratories?

Dr. Dupont: terna Laboratories is a Canadian biopharmaceutical company

engaged in the development of