Armin M. Kessler
Independent Director, Member of Nominating and Cor
Infectious Diseases
The Medicines Company
India
Biography
Armin M. Kessler has been a director since October 1998. Mr. Kessler joined us after a 35-year career in the pharmaceutical industry, which included senior management positions at Sandoz Pharma Ltd. (now Novartis Pharma AG) in Switzerland, the United States and Japan and, most recently, at Hoffmann-La Roche, in Basel, Switzerland, where he was chief operating officer and head of the pharmaceutical division until he retired in 1995. Mr. Kessler currently also serves as a director of Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a Swiss publicly traded company. In the past five years, Mr. Kessler has also served as a director of Gen-Probe Incorporated, which was acquired by Hologic, Inc. Mr. Kessler received degrees in physics and chemistry from the University of Pretoria, a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Cape Town, a law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law and an honorary doctorate in business administration from the University of Pretoria. Mr. Kessler is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Research Interest
Armin M. Kessler has been a director since October 1998. Mr. Kessler joined us after a 35-year career in the pharmaceutical industry, which included senior management positions at Sandoz Pharma Ltd. (now Novartis Pharma AG) in Switzerland, the United States and Japan and, most recently, at Hoffmann-La Roche, in Basel, Switzerland, where he was chief operating officer and head of the pharmaceutical division until he retired in 1995. Mr. Kessler currently also serves as a director of Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a Swiss publicly traded company. In the past five years, Mr. Kessler has also served as a director of Gen-Probe Incorporated, which was acquired by Hologic, Inc. Mr. Kessler received degrees in physics and chemistry from the University of Pretoria, a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Cape Town, a law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law and an honorary doctorate in business administration from the University of Pretoria. Mr. Kessler is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
