Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 26, 2004

O.B. PARRISH – THE FEMALE HEALTH COMPANY (FHCO)

O.B. PARRISH has served as Chief Executive Officer of The Female Health Company since 1994, as acting Chief Financial Officer from February 1996 to March 1999 and as the Chairman of the Board and a Director of the company since 1987. Mr. Parrish is a shareholder and has served as the President and a Director of Phoenix Health Care of Illinois, Inc., a holding company, since 1987. Mr. Parrish also is Chairman and a Director of ViatiCare, LLC, a financial services company, and Chairman and a Director of MIICRO Inc., a neuroimaging company. Mr. Parrish is also a trustee of Lawrence University. From 1977 until 1986, Mr. Parrish was President of the Global Pharmaceutical Group of G.D. Searle & Co. Prior to that, Mr. Parrish was Executive Vice President of Pfizer's International Division. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of The Female

Health Company and a picture of things as they are now.

Mr. Parrish: The Female Health Company owns the worldwide rights