Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 24, 2002

Thomas Mizelle – Newbiotics Inc

THOMAS MIZELLE is President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of NewBiotics Inc. He has over 20 years of sales and marketing, business development, operations and management experience in the pharmaceutical industry, specializing in oncology and infectious disease markets. Prior to joining NewBiotics he was Chief Operating Officer at Vion Pharmaceuticals, formerly OncoRx Inc. During his tenure, he successfully negotiated the company's merger with MelaRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. and took the company public in 1995. Before that, Mr. Mizelle worked in sales and marketing at Immunex Corp., NeoRx Corp., and Adria Laboratories, and as a Researcher at Duke University in the Department of Pediatrics. Mr. Mizelle earned his Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Zoology from North Carolina State University. Profile
TWST: Could you start us off with a short introduction to

NewBiotics?

Mr. Mizelle: NewBiotics is developing small molecule drugs to

treat cancer and infectious disease using our