Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> May 22, 2001

David Feste – Cima Labs, Inc. (cima)

DAVID A. FESTE has been Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Cima Labs, Inc., since March 2000. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Feste was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Orphan Medical, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Feste was self- employed as a financial consultant. From 1985 to 1991, Mr. Feste was with Tonka Corporation, most recently as its Corporate Vice President of Financial Services and Audit. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a history and an overview of CIMA?

Mr. Feste: CIMA was established in late 1986 as a contract drug

manufacturer of over-the-counter products. In the early to