Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 1, 2001

David Main – Inex Pharmaceutical Corporation (iex.to)

DAVID J. MAIN was appointed President and CEO of Inex Pharmaceutical Corporation on July 1, 1999 and since that time the company has advanced its lead product to a pivotal Phase II/III clinical trial and raised $50 million in equity financings. From 1996-1999, Mr. Main was Vice President, Corporate Development, at Inex. Prior to joining Inex in September 1996, Mr. Main was a Vice President at QLT Inc. of Vancouver. He was a member of QLT's management committee and a key member of the QLT team responsible for several pharmaceutical alliances and over $100 million raised in Canadian and US equity financings. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of the Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network, BC Biotech and Protiva Biotherapeutics. Mr. Main holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of British Columbia. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with a brief historical sketch of Inex

Pharmaceutical Corporation as an overview of what the company is doing

at present?

Mr. Main: Inex was founded in 1992 on a broad