Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 8, 2002

Warren Levy – Unigene Laboratories Inc (ugne)

WARREN P. LEVY is President and CEO of Unigene Laboratories, Inc. Dr. Levy received a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Northwestern University. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology where he developed and published novel protein sequencing techniques and was involved in the first purification, characterization and cloning of the interferon molecules. Dr. Levy founded Unigene in 1980 as a contract research laboratory specializing in protein chemistry, and managed its transition to a biopharmaceutical company focused on the manufacturing of peptides and their delivery by oral and nasal routes of administration. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with a sketch of Unigene Laboratories and of what

you're doing now?

Dr. Levy: The company was incorporated in 1980. Since that time, we've

been developing technology for