Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 8, 2002
MEL SNYDER, Vice President, Market Development of MacroChem Corporation,
was a consultant in the pharmaceutical industry until October 2000, when
he joined MacroChem in his current position. He was previously Vice
President of Marketing and Sales at Immunomedics, where he built a 26-
rep sales force to market the company's diagnostic imaging products. He
founded, and for 20 years was president of ProClinica Inc., a
pharmaceutical market development and licensing-support company with
offices in New York and Brussels. Profile
BERNARD R. PATRIACCA, Vice President and CFO of MacroChem Corporation,
joined the company in 2001. He was formerly Vice President and
Controller of Summit Autonomous, a leader in laser vision-correction
instruments acquired by Alcon Laboratories. His career began in 1968 at
Price Waterhouse, and was followed by 18 years building Dunkin' Donuts
Corporation from a small local franchiser into a $1 billion
multinational food service company, where he rose to Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a historical sketch of the company and anoverview of the things you're doing at the present time?
Mr. Snyder: Let me preface my statements, and those of
Mr.