Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 13, 2002

Marvin Samson – Sicor Inc (scri)

MARVIN SAMSON was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of Sicor Inc. in September 2001 and has been one of its Directors since September 2000. He is a world-renowned leader in injectable manufacturing and delivery systems, and was a Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Elkins-Sinn, Inc. (now ESI- Lederle) and Marsam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Samson Medical Technologies, LLC, a privately held company providing hospital and alternative site pharmacists with injectable drug delivery systems and programs. In addition to his executive roles, Mr. Samson has been an outstanding advocate for the generic drug industry, serving several years as the Chairman of the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry Association. Mr. Samson is the holder of five US patents pertaining to pharmaceutical manufacturing and has served on several pharmaceutical boards. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with an overview of SICOR?

Mr. Samson: SICOR is a vertically integrated, global specialty

pharmaceutical company with a primary focus on injectable products.