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Agnes Schiewe, PhD
Director Global Clinical Operations
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Agnes Schiewe, PhD
Director Global Clinical Operations
Dr Schiewe has been with Ecron Acunova since 1993. Having joined as a Clinical Research Associate, her exemplary performance quickly involved her with project management functions in 1995, after which she rose to being Director Clinical Research from 1999 onwards. She has been critical in expanding the Ecron Acunova partner network all over the world and has been designated as Ecron Acunova’s Director Global Clinical Operations in 2010. Dr Schiewe's managerial and team leading skills predestine her for the supervision of project performance, cost control and manpower management. Dr Schiewe has supervised about 50 multi-national clinical trials (phase II - phase IV) in Western and Eastern Europe as well as in South America. Some key areas include oncology, cardiovascular diseases, gastrointestinal diseases and hormone replacement therapy.
She had been working as an Assistant Lecturer at the chair of phytopathology of the University of Constance before she joined Ecron Acunova. Dr Schiewe is a member of the German Society for Pharmaceutical Medicine (DGPharMed). She is an MSc in Biology and was awarded a PhD by the Faculty of Biology of the University of Constance (Germany). |
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Ayaaz Hussain Khan, PhD
Senior Vice President – BA/BE Services
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Ayaaz Hussain Khan, PhD
Senior Vice President – BA/BE Services
As the Senior Vice President – BA/BE Services, based in Manipal Dr Khan brings with him an experience of conducting over 250 BA/BE studies and has been part of various regulatory audits like USFDA, ANVISA, AFSSAPS-France and DCGI India.
He started his career with Ranbaxy Research Laboratories where he was responsible for method development and validation of drugs and / or metabolites for BA/BE studies using LCMSMS. He was sponsored by Ranbaxy Labs for a Senior Research Fellowship for Doctoral Research at Hamdard University. After his stint with Ranbaxy, he was in-charge of the pharmacokinetic unit at Orchid Healthcare, Chennai responsible for biostudies with the clinical team with the credit of conducting over 22 studies in the in-house centre.
Dr Khan moved to GVK Biosciences, Hyderabad as Principal Scientist. As a Project Director, he was responsible for the conduct of BA/BE studies and has managed the facility of 4 clinics with 144 beds and the bioanalytical facility.
Dr Khan has completed PhD in Pharmaceutical Medicine with specialization in Clinical Pharmacokinetics from Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi. He completed M.Pharm from BIT, Ranchi and is a gold medalist in pharmacy from his graduating University from The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai. Dr Khan is a member of Indian Pharmacological Society. |
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Bernd Wagner, PhD
Head of Quality Assurance, Europe
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Bernd Wagner, PhD
Head of Quality Assurance, Europe
Bernd is with Ecron Acunova since 2009 and has extensive experience of Quality Assurance (GCP), Quality Management (ISO 9000 ff) and International Project/Program Management in drug development (phase II – Marketing Authorization).
Prior to his current role, Bernd has served in several senior manager positions for Pharmaceutical, CRO and Medical Device Companies since starting his professional career as a CRA in 1991.
During his function as Project Leader, Bernd successfully led drug development projects to accomplish European registration.
As an ISO 9000 certified QA Manager, his expertise and proven leadership has been instrumental in setting up and maintaining Quality Assurance systems including analysis and improvement of business processes and validation of computerized systems.
In addition to his varied skills and experience Bernd holds a PhD in Biology. |
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Christian Drummer,
Adj. Prof., MD
Global Medical Director
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Christian Drummer, Adj. Prof., MD
Global Medical Director
Adj. Prof., Dr Drummer joined Ecron Acunova in 2008 as a Medical Manager. He has over 20 years of professional experience. He has continuously expanded medical and safety services. Currently he is Head of Medical Services and Pharmacovigilance. Since 2011, he is Global Medical Director.
Adj. Prof., Dr Drummer is certified specialist in clinical pharmacology. He participated in over 70 clinical studies phase I to IV, many of them as project manager and medical expert (LKP). He is member of various scientific societies like American Society of Hypertension, American Physiological Society, German Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology, German Society of Physiology, PV working group of German Society for Good Research Practice.
He held different positions at the Klinikum Innenstadt of University of Munich, the Institute of Aerospace Medicine and at CobraMed before he joined Ecron Acunova. He was awarded MD by the University of Munich (Germany) and a habilitation in clinical pharmacology at the University of Aachen (Germany). |
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Ernst Bluemner,
MD & MSc
Director Biometrics,
Europe
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Ernst Bluemner, MD & MSc
Director Biometrics, Europe
Dr Bluemner has been with Ecron Acunova since 2001. With over 25 years enriched experience in Clinical Research, he is responsible for various aspects in the project progress namely planning, data management, statistics and medical writing. Dr Bluemner has provided biometrical guidance for numerous multi-national clinical trials (phase II - phase IV) in Western and Eastern Europe as well as in South America. The key areas include oncology, cardiovascular diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, skin diseases, and hormone replacement therapy.
Prior to Ecron Acunova, he had been with Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics as Data analyst and programmer in Garching (Germany) and as Director Biometrics at Staticon International in Martinsried (Germany). Dr Bluemner is a member of the German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometrics and Epidemiology (GMDS) and the International Biometric Society. He is also a member of the Drug Information Association (DIA). In 1993 he was awarded with the E.W. Baader prize in Industrial Medicine.
Dr Bluemner is an MSc in Mathematics and was awarded an MD by the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (Germany). |
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Lalit Mahapatra, CA, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
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Lalit Mahapatra, CA, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Lalit Mahapatra as Chief Financial Officer is responsible for controllership, financial management and financial integration of business across services and geographies. Reporting to the Chairman of the Board, he manages shareholders expectations and oversees corporate governance and leads the M&A activities of the company.
Prior to joining EA, Lalit worked with Schneider Electric Company as Head of Finance of the Global Technology Centre and the project contracting business. He was part of their global acquisition team and was instrumental in acquiring companies in India and Europe.
Lalit has over 15 years experience with companies like Siemens Information Processing Services Limited, Pacific Internet and Price Water House Cooper. His areas of expertise include strategic planning, fund management & harmonizing accounting practices to US GAAP, global IFRS standard and Indian GAAP. He is also a SAP champion in Finance module.
Lalit is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Certified Public Accountant from USA. |
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Sabine Kuehnau, PhD
Director Marketing and Contracts
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Sabine Kuehnau, PhD
Director Marketing and Contracts
Dr Kuehnau has been with Ecron Acunova since 1992, actively involved in the Company development from a national to an international full-service CRO. She was responsible for project management and proposal management as per client needs in the pharmaceutical, biotech and device industry. Subsequently she was responsible for the supervision of project performances, cost control, proposals, personnel affairs and day-to-day business. Dr. Kuehnau has managed more than 100 national and multi-national clinical projects (mainly phase II - phase IV), performed mainly in Western and Eastern Europe. The key areas include rheumatology, gastroenterology, gynecology, pulmonology, dermatology, cardiovascular diseases etc.
Prior to ECRON, Dr Kuehnau began her career in 1991 as a medical writer. In addition, she has been the Production Manager according to AMG (German Drug Act) in 2006 and 2007.
Dr Kuehnau is a member of the German Society for Pharmaceutical Medicine (DGPharMed). She is an MSc in Biology and was awarded a PhD by the Faculty of Biology of the University of Constance (Germany). |
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