Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 13, 2002

James Young – Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc

Prior to becoming CEO of Sunesis in May 2000, JAMES W. YOUNG, PhD, served as Senior Vice President, Research and Development, and as Group Vice President at ALZA Corporation. Before joining ALZA, Dr. Young had been President of the Pharmaceuticals Division of Affymax, N.V. and Sr. Vice President and General Manager of the Pharmaceuticals Division at Sepracor Corp. Earlier, he was Vice President for Research at Zoecon Corporation/Sandoz Crop Protection Corporation. Dr. Young earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Fordham University in New York and a PhD in organic chemistry from Cornell University. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a quick overview of Sunesis?

Mr. Young: Sunesis is a leading discovery-based pharmaceutical company

that applies its breakthrough fragment assembly technologies to