Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> December 18, 2000

Gerard Soula – Flamel Technologies Sa (flml:easdaq)

GERARD SOULA is the Founder of Flamel Technologies, SA, and has been President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Research & Development of the company since 1990. After receiving his Doctorate of Sciences in organic chemistry from Marseilles University in 1973, he joined Rhone-Poulenc's Research Center in Lyon, France. In 1972, Dr. Soula received a degree from the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises. In 1984, he received the Rhone-Poulenc Innovation Award for his discovery of TDA, a phase transfer catalyst. From 1981 to 1990, he was Head of Research of the Silicon Group and then Director of Research of the Polymer Materials department of Rhone-Poulenc. Profile
TWST: Could we start out by giving our readers a little history and a

quick overview of the Flamel Technologies SA?

Mr. Soula: I founded Flamel in 1990. We are a drug delivery company

focused