Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> November 6, 2000

Peter Heinrich – Medigene Ag (502090.f)

DR PETER HEINRICH is CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of MediGene AG. He received his diploma and his Dr Sc Nat in Biochemistry from Munich University in 1984. He was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University, USA, with Professor H M Goodman. Thereafter he joined Wacker Chemicals (a Hoechst subsidiary), which he left in 1995 to co-found MediGene and to become its CEO. He also launched and founded the Association of the German Biotech Companies (VBU) and acts as its Vice President. Additionally Dr Heinrich serves on the Board of Directors of the Munich-based biotech company Wilex GmbH and PlantTech, located in Potsdam. Profile
TWST: Could you start us off with a brief corporate profile of the

company?

Dr. Heinrich: MediGene is primarily a cardiovascular and cancer company.

The unique feature of our company is that