Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> May 29, 2000

Peter Kissinger – Bioanalytical Systems Inc (basi)

PETER T. KISSINGER is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Bioanalytical Systems, Inc., and Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University Dr. Kissinger founded Bioanalytical Systems, Inc., in 1974 as an outgrowth of his basic research monitoring trace neurotransmitters and metabolites in living systems. The company has grown into a worldwide, publicly traded contract services and instruments provider to the pharmaceutical industry with more than 350 employees. Dr. Kissinger is driven to combine good science, focused on human health, with good business in the belief that 'Making people healthy is good business.' Dr. Kissinger has published over 220 scientific papers and has given over 400 invited lectures. He was named a finalist in the Heartland Region Ernst & Young 2002 Entrepreneur of the Year Award competition. The Indiana Health Industry Forum honored him for his Outstanding Contributions to the Health Care Industry with its 1999 World of Difference Award. Dr. Kissinger received a BS in Chemistry (1966) from Union College, Schenectady, New York and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry (1970) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining the Purdue University faculty in 1975, Dr. Kissinger was a Research Associate at the University of Kansas (1970-1972) and an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University (1972-1975). Profile
TWST: Since we talked last September, what has taken place at the

company that you would want to update readers on?

Dr. Kissinger: There are a couple of important points looking