Pharmaceuticals GC Tackles Compliance, Raising Capital

Steven W. Spector is GC of San Diego-based Arena Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm focused on discovering, developing and commercializing drugs. "The only thing typical is that each day is different," he said. "I invariably find myself working on matters that I had not intended to be working on when I arrive in the morning." These include the raising of capital -- Job One for biotechs yet to place products on the market -- and the bane of every GC's life, Sarbanes-Oxley.

Name and title: Steven W. Spector, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary.

Age: 42

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