Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 17, 2003

Nicholas Virca – Adventrx Pharmaceuticals Inc (avrx)

NICHOLAS J. VIRCA is Chief Executive Officer and Director of ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. From 1991 to 1997 he served as co-Founder and Vice President of Operations and Director of Diametrix Detectors, Inc., a privately held immunosensor company which was focused on the airborne vapor detection of narcotics using monoclonal antibodies. Additionally, from 1994 to 1997, he served as Business Unit Manager, Security Products, for Nicolet Imaging Systems, a company that purchased substantially all of IRT's assets in 1994. From 1991 to 1994, he served as Vice President, Business Operations of IRT Corporation, a publicly held company that specialized in X-ray inspection and imaging systems for industrial and security applications. He is the co-inventor of a patented technology used to package molecular biology reagents. Mr. Virca received a BA degree in Biology from Youngstown State University. He has extensive developmental experience in immunology, hematology and biochemistry. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of ADVENTRX

Pharmaceuticals and a picture of what you are doing at the present time?

Mr. Virca: The company started at the end of 1996 and