Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 10, 2001

Roger Newton – Esperion Therapeutics Inc (espr)

TIMOTHY MAYLEBEN is Vice President, Finance and Administration and CFO of Esperion Therapeutics. He began work in 1987 with high-growth technology companies. Most recently, Mr. Mayleben held senior management positions with two successful software development companies. Prior to that, he was a Manager with the Enterprise Group of Arthur Anderson & Co. Mr. Mayleben received a BBA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Profile
ROGER NEWTON, PhD, is the co-Founder, President and CEO of Esperion Therapeutics. He was previously a Distinguished Research Fellow in Vascular and Cardiac Diseases at Parke-Davis. His career in the pharmaceutical industry began in 1981, which includes 12 years as Chairman of the Atheroslerosis Drug Discovery Team at Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Warner Lambert Company. Dr. Newton received a BA in Biology from Lafayette College, an MS in Nutritional Biochemistry from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in Nutrition from the University of California, Davis. He also specialized in atherosclerosis research during a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California. Profile
TWST: Could you give our readers a brief historical sketch and profile

of Esperion Therapeutics?

Dr. Newton: Esperion Therapeutics is dedicated to discovering new

medicines to treat