Entrepreneurship

Published online: 22 March 2004, doi:10.1038/bioent796

Company founders: voices of experience

*Laura DeFrancesco is Nature Biotechnology's Senior Editor for News & Features.

Phil Sharp profile

Most recent position: cofounder, member of the board of directors and chairman of the scientific board at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, director of McGovern Institute (Cambridge, MA, USA), chairman of the scientific board at Biogen

Location: Cambridge, MA, USA

Company focus: RNAi therapeutics

Other positions held: cofounder, member of the board of directors at Biogen

Words of wisdom: "There is always a trade-off between doing new science and making a company grow and change. I really enjoyed those conflicts."

Note: A transcript of the original interview is available as supplementary information on the Nature Biotechnology website.