Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 26, 2004

PIERRE FALARDEAU – ECOPIA BIOSCIENCES INC (EIA:TSX)

PIERRE FALARDEAU, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ecopia Biosciences Inc., is a pharmacologist and an accomplished biotechnology executive with extensive experience in drug development. After receiving his doctorate from Univert Laval, Dr. Falardeau spent five years at Duke University and then became an Associate Professor at Universit Laval, where he established a research team in pharmacology. Prior to joining Ecopia, he was Vice President, Scientific Affairs at terna Laboratories. Profile
TWST: Can you give us an overview of Ecopia Biosciences and its drug

discovery platform?

Mr. Falardeau: Ecopia was founded five years ago and has been a public

company listed on the TSX since