Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> November 1, 2002

Mark Mcdade – Signature Bioscience Inc

MARK MCDADE is Chief Executive Officer of Signature BioScience, Inc. He joined Signature as the company's first full-time CEO in December 2000, leaving his position as President and Chief Operating Officer of Corixa Corporation subsequent to completion of the Coulter transaction. At Corixa, he was a co-founder of the company, and remains on the Board of Directors. Prior to Corixa, Mr. McDade served as the Chief Operating Officer of Boehringer Mannheim Therapeutics, the worldwide pharmaceutical division of Corange Ltd. His prior experience includes various management positions with Sandoz Ltd. Mr. McDade also serves on the Board of Directors of Valentis, Inc. of Burlingame, CA and Akceli, Inc. of Cambridge, MA. Mr. McDade graduated from Dartmouth College and received his MBA from Harvard University. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of Signature

Bioscience and a picture of things as they are now?

Mr. McDade: The company was formed in early 1999 around a