Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> May 22, 2001

Edward Jacobs – Etex Corporation

EDWARD L. JACOBS was appointed Chief Operating Officer of SuperGen, Inc., in January 2004, following service as Chief Business and Financial Officer from October 2001, and as Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations of SuperGen from 1999 to 2001. Most recently Mr. Jacobs served as President and Chief Executive Officer of ETEX, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biomaterials and drug delivery company. Prior to joining SuperGen Mr. Jacobs served as Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations at Sequus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., between 1997 and 1999. Between 1995 and 1997, Mr. Jacobs served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Trilex Pharmaceuticals Inc., now Titan Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his association with Trilex, Mr. Jacobs served in a variety of senior management positions with pharmaceutical companies, including Chief Executive at Transplant Therapeutics Inc., Vice President and General Manager of Syncor International Inc., Vice President at NeoRX Corporation, Business Director of Pharmacia Labs, Inc.) and Johnson & Johnson (McNeil). Mr. Jacobs received a BA in Political Science/Journalism from California State University at Northridge. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a history and overview of Etex?

Mr. Jacobs: Etex is over 10 years old. It actually was incorporated in

1989, based on calcium phosphate chemistry developed by

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