abstract:George Blatz Rathmann (December 25, 1927 – April 22, 2012) was an American chemist, biologist, pioneer in biotechnology and corporate executive, who in 1980 co-founded and served as the first CEO of Amgen, and later founded ICOS.
Hyseq's chairman is GeorgeRathmann , who was the founding CEO of two successful biotechs: Amgen (nasdaq: AMGN - news - people ), the world's largest biotechnology firm, and ICOS (nasdaq: ICOS - news - people ).