Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> June 2, 2003

Andrew Perlman – Tularik Inc (tlrk)

DR. ANDREW PERLMAN, Executive Vice President of Tularik Inc., has been a member of Tularik's management team for nearly 10 years, serving previously as Vice President of Medical Research and Corporate Development. During the last decade, he played a significant role in Tularik's evolution from a research-stage startup to a company with multiple drugs in the clinic moving toward commercialization. Dr. Perlman spent five years in several senior clinical development positions at Genentech, Inc., where he was responsible for designing, implementing and analyzing clinical trials and filing New Drug Applications (NDAs) for U.S. Food and Drug Administration marketing approval. He was also responsible for Genentech's patient registry, known as the National Cooperative Growth Study. Earlier in his career, Dr. Perlman was a faculty member in the Department of Medicine at Stanford University. Dr. Perlman is a member of the Board of Directors of SangStat Medical Corporation and Cumbre Inc. He received his MD and PhD from New York University in 1975. Profile
TWST: We spoke to the company a year ago for the conference

issue. What has gone on over the past year that investors should

focus on?

Dr. Perlman: The past year has been incredibly productive