Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 26, 2004

V.bryan Lawlis Jr. – Aradigm Corporation (ardm)

V. BRYAN LAWLIS JR. is President and Chief Executive Officer of Aradigm Corporation. Prior to his promotion in June 2004, he held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer and upon joining Aradigm in 2001 was the company's Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Dr. Lawlis was a founder of Covance Biotechnology Services, a contract biopharmaceutical manufacturing operation, and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from 1996 to 1999, and as Chairman from 1999 to 2001 when it was sold to Diosynth RTP, Inc., a division of Akzo Nobel. From 1981 to 1996, Dr. Lawlis was employed at Genencor, Inc., and Genentech, Inc., where his last position was Vice President of Process Sciences. Dr. Lawlis hold a BA in Microbiology from the University of Texas at Austin, and a PhD in Biochemistry from Washington State University. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview of your company and an overview of your

technologies.

Dr. Lawlis: Aradigm was founded in 1994 and went public in 1996. We are

a drug delivery company with two