ATL’s Fill joins pharmaceutical start-up

After brokering the sale of ATL Ultrasound to Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (SCAN 8/5/98), chairman and CEO Dennis Fill has moved on to a new venture. Fill last month was named president and CEO of Cytran, a new pharmaceutical company based in Kirkland, WA. Effective March 1, he replaced Cytran’s former CEO, Philip Syrdal. Fill served as CEO of Bothell, WA-based ATL from 1987 through December 1998. Cytran was founded in 1991 and develops peptide compounds for the treatment of cancer and modulation of the immune system.