Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> November 17, 2008
DON M. BAILEY, President and Chief Executive Officer of Questcor
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., joined the company in May 2007 as interim President, and
was appointed to his current position in November 2007. Mr. Bailey joined
Questcor's Board of Directors in May 2006. Mr. Bailey is currently the non-
executive Chairman of the Board of STAAR Surgical Company, a leader in the
development, manufacture and marketing of minimally invasive ophthalmic products
employing proprietary technologies. Mr. Bailey served as Chairman of the Board
of Comarco, Inc., a provider of wireless test products for the wireless industry
and a maker of emergency call box systems and mobile power products for handheld
devices from 1998 to August 2007. He also served from June 1990 to April 2000 as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Comarco, Inc., where he was employed
from May 1980. He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Drexel
Institute of Technology in 1968, an MS Degree in Operations Research from the
University of Southern California in 1971 and an MBA from Pepperdine University
in 1986., Profile
TWST: May we start with a short history and overview of your company?Mr. Bailey: Questcor went public in 1999 as a result of the merger of two
companies. From 1999 to 2007 we were a