Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> November 1, 2002

Peter Meldrum – Myriad Genetics Inc (mygn)

PETER D. MELDRUM has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Myriad Genetics, Inc., since 1992. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Meldrum was President and Chief Executive Officer of Founders Fund, Inc., a venture capital group. He currently serves as a member of the Engineering National Advisory Council, University of Utah College of Science Advisory Board and the Executive Board of the Utah Life Sciences Association. Mr. Meldrum was a member of the Governor's Council of Science and Technology and chaired the Governor's Advisory Board concerning the regulation of the biotechnology industry in Utah. Mr. Meldrum was awarded the Governor's Medal for Science and Technology in 1998. He received an M.B.A. from the University of Utah in 1974 and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering in 1970. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of Myriad

Genetics and a picture of things as they are now?

Mr. Meldrum: Myriad Genetics is a biopharmaceutical company

focused on the