Gates to leave ICOS board
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will resign from the board of drug developer ICOS to focus his attention on his board seat at Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., according to a regulatory filing yesterday.
Gates said he would resign from ICOS effective Feb. 9. The Bothell company co-developed erectile dysfunction treatment Cialis. Gates has served on Icos' board since 1990. The Microsoft co-founder joined Berkshire's board Dec. 14, filling the seat left open by the death of Buffett's wife, Susan Buffet.