A Biotech Firm's New Formula; CoGenesys Lets Rosen Return to His Passion: Drug Development

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 31, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Craig A. Rosen gets bored easily. During his last few years at Human Genome Sciences Inc., he oversaw the development of a $230 million manufacturing plant. Boring. He was promoted to chief operating officer. Boring. And president. Boring. The board of directors even talked to him about becoming chief executive. Boring.

What doesn't bore Rosen is molecular biology. Back when he co- founded HGS, when it was doing a lot of molecular biology, Rosen wasn't bored at all. He was sequencing genes. He was discovering new drugs. But that was 14 years ago. Now the Rockville company is pushing some of ...

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