Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 26, 2004

Sabrina Johnson – Cypress Biosciences Inc (cypb)

SABRINA MARTUCCI JOHNSON was appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cypress Biosciences, Inc., in April 2002. Prior to that Ms. Johnson served as Cypress's Vice President of Marketing from March 2001 to April 2002. Ms. Johnson joined Cypress in August 1998 and held various positions from 1998 through 2000, including Product Director, Executive Director of Marketing and Sales, and Vice President of Marketing and Sales. From 1993 to 1998, Ms. Johnson held marketing and sales positions with Advanced Tissue Sciences and Clonetics. Ms. Johnson began her career in the biotechnology industry in 1990 as a Research Scientist with Baxter Healthcare, Hyland Division. Ms. Johnson has an MBA from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird), an MSc in Biochemical Engineering from the University of London and a BSc in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a brief overview of Cypress Biosciences, Inc?

Ms. Johnson: Cypress has, to many people's surprise, actually been

around for several years, but we've been through a few