Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 28, 1998

Charles A. Baker – The Liposome Company Inc (lipo)

CHARLES A. BAKER was named Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of The Liposome Company, Inc. in December, 1989. Just prior to joining the Company, he was a business development and licensing advisor to several small biotechnology companies. Mr. Baker served in several capacities in senior management at Squibb Corporation (now Bristol-Myers Squibb Company), including the positions of Group Vice President, Squibb Corporation and President, Squibb International. He also held various senior executive positions at Abbott Laboratories and Pfizer, Inc. Mr. Baker received an undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College and a J.D. degree from Columbia University. He also serves as a director of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., both of which are biotechnology companies. Mr. Baker is a member of the Council of Visitors of the Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, a non-for-profit research organization. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a background summary on Liposome company?

Mr. Baker: We are a research based and market driven pharmaceutical

company. Our scientific underpinnings are knowledge of