The Immunex Impact: Some Great Memories and Photos

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The Immunex Impact — Immunex co-founders Steve Gillis (left) and Chris Henney reflect back on their time at Seattle’s biotech pioneer during the keynote chat. Henney revealed one of the keys to their success—both of their wives supported their decision to leave the Hutch in 1981 to start Immunex.
photo by Tyler Sipe.

Author: Luke Timmerman

Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.