Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> January 19, 2004

ROBERT PORTMAN – PACIFICHEALTH LABORATORIES INC (PHLI)

ROBERT PORTMAN is Chairman, President, CEO and Treasurer of PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. He received a BA in History from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in Biochemistry from Virginia Tech. He worked as a senior scientist for Schering-Plough Corporation and Hoechst-Roussel Pharmaceuticals Inc. In 1974 Dr. Portman founded MED Communications, a healthcare advertising agency whose clients included major pharmaceutical, diagnostic and hospital companies. In 1988 Dr. Portman founded a consumer advertising agency. In 1995 he founded PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc., a nutrition technology company focused on the research and development of proprietary products for sports performance, weight loss and the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of PacificHealth

Laboratories and then a picture of the things you're doing now.

Dr. Portman: PacificHealth, founded in 1995, is a