Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> August 6, 2001

Edwin Wegman – Biospecifics Technolgies Corporation (bstc)

EDWIN H. WEGMAN has been President, Chairman & CEO of BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. since 1990. He has been a General Partner in Product Development with The S. J. Wegman Co. since 1947. Mr. Wegman is on the Board of Directors, South Nassau Communities Hospital, 1968-Present; President, South Nassau Communities Hospital 1975-1986; Member, Executive Committee, Winthrop-South Nassau University Hospital, 1996- Present; Mayor, Hewlett Bay Park, 1995-1996. Mr. Wegman is a member of various business boards. He has a BA Honors in Philosophy from CCNY, and an MPA from Harvard. Profile
TWST: Could we start with a brief overview of BioSpecifics Technologies

Corp?

Mr. Wegman: We are a biotech firm. Our principal concentration is an

enzyme called Collagenase. Collagenase is the