Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 14, 2002

Eugene Chan – U.s. Genomics Inc

EUGENE CHAN is Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Genomics, Inc. Mr. Chan is the visionary leading U.S. Genomics. He founded the company by creating a set of technologies that mimic nature's method of reading DNA at high speeds. Mr. Chan graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received the Detur Prize. Prior to founding USG, he briefly attended Harvard Medical School. Mr. Chan is responsible for corporate strategy, mobilizing technological innovation, financing, overall operations and corporate development. Profile
TWST: Could you sketch out the history of U.S. Genomics, and then

explain your technology in layman's terms?

Mr. Chan: U.S. Genomics was founded in April 1997, when I was

completing,