Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 22, 2001

Phillip Frost – Ivax Corporation (ivx)

DR. PHILLIP FROST has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of IVAX Corporation since 1987. Dr. Frost was Chairman of the Board of Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc., from 1972 to 1986. He was Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami, Miami Beach, Florida from 1972 to 1990. He is Chairman of the Board of Whitman Education, Vice Chairman for Continucare Corporation, serves on the Board of Northrop Grumman, is on the Board of Governors for the American Stock Exchange and is Vice Chairman Board of Trustees for the University of Miami. Profile
TWST: Could you start out by giving us a brief overview and history of

IVAX Corporation?

Dr. Frost: IVAX is a company that was founded in the beginning of 1987

and from the outset it was