Richard Brooke Brewer (April 6, 1951 – August 15, 2012) was a biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry executive.
At the time of his death in 2012, he was president and chief executive officer of Myrexis, which he had joined in May 2012.
[citation needed] Brewer received a bachelor of science from Virginia Tech in 1974 and an MBA from Northwestern University in 1984.
In 1998, he became the president and chief executive officer of Scios, a position he held until 2004.
[3] He served on the board of directors of several companies, including SRI International.