Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> December 2, 1999

Michael D. Webb – Epix Medical Inc (epix)

MICHAEL D. WEBB joined EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as President and CEO in December 1994 from Ciba-Corning Diagnostics, a medical instrument company, where he was most recently Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and Strategic Planning. During his five-year tenure at Ciba, Mr. Webb's achievements included the highly successful development and commercialization of the ACS:180TM immunodiagnostic system and the 800 Series blood gas analyzers. From 1984 to 1989, Mr. Webb was a Senior Consultant at Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., a consulting company, specializing in health care and life sciences. Mr. Webb holds an MM degree in Marketing and Finance from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview of EPIX, Inc.

Mr. Webb: As for historical background, EPIX is a company formed out of

a technology that was discovered at the Massachusetts General Hospital

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