Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 1, 2001

Harvey Berger – Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc (aria)

HARVEY J. BERGER is ARIAD's principal founder and has served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since April 1991. From 1986 to 1991, Dr. Berger held a series of senior management positions at Centocor, Inc., a biotechnology company, most recently as Executive Vice President and President, Research and Development Division. He also has held senior academic and administrative appointments at Emory University, Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania and was an Established Investigator of the American Heart Association. Dr. Berger received his AB degree in Biology from Colgate University and his MD degree from Yale University School of Medicine and did further medical and research training at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Yale-New Haven Hospital. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief overview of what the company is doing

now?

Dr. Berger: ARIAD is developing pharmaceutical products based upon

small-molecule drugs and our proprietary gene