Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> June 2, 2003
GEORGE F. HOMER III is President and Chief Executive Officer of
Vicuron Pharmaceuticals Inc. He has been Chief Executive Officer
of Vicuron Pharmaceuticals (formerly Versicor) since 1996. Prior
to joining Versicor, he was Corporate Vice President of Ligand
Pharmaceuticals. He served in a number of executive positions
during his 17 years at Abbott Labs, including President, Canada;
Regional Director, Latin America; General Manager, Mexico;
General Manager, Southern Africa Region; and Regional Manager,
Southeast Asia. Before that, he held several sales and product
management positions at E.R. Squibb Inc. Profile
Mr. Horner: We changed the name as a result of the merger of
Versicor and Biosearch Italia. Vicuron represents our vision to
become a hospital-based
