First chief financial officer at Genentech, 1978-1984
By: Fred A. Middleton ; interviews conducted by Glenn E. Bugos in 2001. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Bugos, Glenn E., 1961-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Program in the History of the Biosciences and Biotechnology.
Published: 2002
Subjects: Genentech, Inc. -- History.; Biotechnology industries -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.; Biotechnology -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Description: Childhood in New Jersey; education in chemistry, business; early employment experiences in business management, banking, and as financial and administrative officer for Genentech's first management team; early growth of Genentech, Inc.; corporate financial strategies; raising venture capital, product licensing, private placements, research and development partnerhips, joint ventures, FIPCO [fully integrated pharmaceutical company] plan, junior common stock; discussion of Genentech products including insulin, growth hormone, gamma interferon, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), enzymes; Genentech's initial public offering; comments on Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Cornelius Pettinga, Robert Swanson, and others.