Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> June 2, 2003

George Homer Iii – Vicuron Pharmaceuticals Inc (micu)

GEORGE F. HOMER III is President and Chief Executive Officer of Vicuron Pharmaceuticals Inc. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Vicuron Pharmaceuticals (formerly Versicor) since 1996. Prior to joining Versicor, he was Corporate Vice President of Ligand Pharmaceuticals. He served in a number of executive positions during his 17 years at Abbott Labs, including President, Canada; Regional Director, Latin America; General Manager, Mexico; General Manager, Southern Africa Region; and Regional Manager, Southeast Asia. Before that, he held several sales and product management positions at E.R. Squibb Inc. Profile
TWST: Why the name change?

Mr. Horner: We changed the name as a result of the merger of

Versicor and Biosearch Italia. Vicuron represents our vision to

become a hospital-based