Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> May 27, 2003
DR. LEONARD S. JACOB has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer of InKine Pharmaceutical company, Inc.,
since November 1997. Prior to joining the company, Dr. Jacob served as
the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sangen Pharmaceutical
Company and as a Consultant to various biotechnology companies from June
1996. From 1989 to 1996, Dr. Jacob, as a co-founder of Genaera
Corporation (formerly Magainin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) (a public
biotechnology company), served as Chief Operating Officer. From 1980 to
1988, Dr. Jacob was employed by SmithKline and French Laboratories where
he served as Worldwide Vice President and a member of SmithKline
Beecham's Corporate Management Committee. Dr. Jacob serves as a director
of the Jacob Internet Fund (a public mutual fund), Macromed, Inc. (a
private drug delivery company), Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (a
non-profit service organization for the visual and learning disabled)
and Saving Face (a non-profit organization for facially disfigured
children). Profile
Pharamceuticals?
Dr. Jacob: InKine Pharmaceutical Company is a specialty
pharmaceutical company that currently serves the
