1999 High-Tech Business Leaders Category

Joseph A. Mollica, PHD. Chairman, President and CEO

Joseph A. Mollica, PHD. Chairman, President and CEO From 1987 to December 1993, Dr. Mollica was employed by DuPont Company and then by the DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company where, from 1991 to 1993, he served as President and CEO and previously as Vice President, Medical Products for DuPont. At Ciba-Geigy, where he was employed from 1966 to 1986, he served in a variety of positions of increasing responsibility rising to Senior Vice President of Ciba-Geigy's Pharmaceutical Division. He is currently on the Boards of Ancile Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology Council of New Jersey, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Impath, Inc., Neurocrine Biosciences, and USP, Inc. He received his B.S. from the University of Rhode Island and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.