Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> August 14, 2000

Kerry Gray – Access Pharmaceuticals Inc (akc)

KERRY P. GRAY has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Director since January 1996. Prior to such time, from June 1993, Mr. Gray served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a private Texas corporation. Previously, Mr. Gray served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PharmaSciences, Inc., a company he co-founded to acquire technologies in the drug delivery area. From May 1990 to August 1991, he was Senior Vice President, Americas, Australia and New Zealand of Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc. Prior to the Rorer/Rhone Poulenc merger, he had been area Vice President Americas of Rorer International Pharmaceuticals. Previously, from January 1986 to May 1988, he was Vice President, Finance of Rorer International Pharmaceuticals, having served in that same capacity for the Revlon Health Care Group of companies before their acquisition by Rorer Group. Between 1975 and 1985, Mr. Gray held various senior financial positions in Revlon Health Care Group. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief overview of Access Pharmaceuticals,

Inc.?

Mr. Gray: We refer to Access Pharmaceuticals as an emerging specialty

pharmaceutical company, executing a