Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 26, 2004

Kent Snyder – Senomyx Inc (snmx)

KENT SNYDER is President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Senomyx, Inc. Prior to joining Senomyx in June 2003, he held various marketing and sales management positions with Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Pfizer company. Mr. Snyder was President of Global Commercial Operations at Agouron after having served as Senior Vice President of Commercial Affairs and Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Snyder is a director of Santarus, Inc., a publicly held biopharmaceutical company, and VentiRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Snyder received his B.S. from the University of Kansas and his MBA from Rockhurst College. Profile
TWST: What is Senomyx?

Mr. Snyder: Senomyx is a biotechnology company which utilizes

proprietary taste receptor-based assays, high-throughput screening and

optimization chemistry to discover