Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> April 27, 1998

Richard L. Casey – Scios Inc (scio)

RICHARD L. CASEY, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Scios Inc. He joined the Company in December 1987 when he was also appointed a Director. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Karo Bio AB, an affiliated Swedish biotech company, Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc., a development stage neuroscience company and VIVUS, a development stage pharmaceuticals company dedicated to more effective therapies for male impotence. From early 1985 to 1987, he was with ALZA Corporation as an executive vice president and president of ALZA Pharmaceuticals. From 1976 to 1985, he worked for Syntex Corporation. He joined Syntex Laboratories in 1976 as a manager and became Director of Marketing Research in the following year. In 1979 he was named Director of Sales, 1981 was promoted to vice president and in 1983, he was appointed General Manager of Syntex Medical Diagnostics. From 1973 to 1976, he was employed by Eli Lilly and Company as a pharmaceutical sales representative and market research analyst. From 1968 to 1970, he served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Ethiopia. Mr. Casey earned an M.B.A. in 1973 and a B.S. in Chemistry in 1968 from Stanford University. Profile
TWST: Why don't we start out by your giving us your thumbnail version of

what the company is all about?

Mr. Casey: Scios is in the business of discovering, developing and

manufacturing