Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 13, 2002

Keith Gates – Integrity Pharmaceutical Corporation

KEITH GATES is CEO of Integrity Pharmaceutical Corp. He brings to Integrity over 30 years of pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution experience, primarily in specialty markets. Most recently he served as vice president and general manager of ASD Specialty Healthcare, a pharmaceutical distribution company. During his tenure, ASD grew from a start-up to $1.2B in sales over 4 years. While at ASD, he served on the board of OpTx Corporation, an oncology software and services company. Prior to joining ASD he served as vice president of sales for Immunex Corporation, a biotechnology company. Additionally he served as director of Lederle Oncology at Lederle Laboratories. Mr. Gates has a Bachelors of Science in Biology from Augustana College. Profile
TWST: Could you sketch out some of the history of Integrity

Pharmaceutical Corporation for us?

Mr. Gates: Integrity was organized in January of 1999 as a niche

specialty pharmaceutical company