Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 1, 2001

Joseph Podolski – Zonagen Inc (zona)

JOSEPH S. PODOLSKI joined Zonagen, Inc. in 1989 as Vice President of Operations and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a Director since 1992. Prior to joining Zonagen, Inc., Mr. Podolski spent 12 years in various engineering, product development and manufacturing positions at G.D. Searle, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company. Before joining Monsanto, Mr. Podolski held positions in manufacturing, engineering, quality control and development of fine chemicals, antibiotics, pharmaceuticals and hospital products with Abbott Laboratories, Dearborn Chemical Company and Baxter Pharmaceuticals. He has been employed in the pharmaceutical industry since 1970. Mr. Podolski holds an MS in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is a named author on 11 issued US patents covering diverse technologies and has numerous pending patent applications and concepts of inventions. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a brief overview and summary of Zonagen today?

Mr. Podolski: Zonagen was founded in 1987 as a spinoff out of Baylor

College of Medicine. The original intent, oddly