Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, 2 Volumes: Innovation and Production

About

Jean Cornier is presently consultant to several companies in the areas of life science new technologies and business development. He obtained his PhD from the University of Caen France and a MSc degree in pharmaceutical medicine from the University of Duisburg-Essen Germany. Since 1986 he has worked in the space industry as expert in Materials and Life Science research and projects was participant in space commercialisation initiatives supported by the European and German space agencies as well as in several EU-funded projects in biotechnology and civil security research. Professor Arno Kwade is Head of the Center of Pharmaceutical Engineering and of the Institute of Particle Technology at the Technical University Braunschweig Germany. After his PhD he worked nine years in industry as partner of a consulting firm for processing and handling of materials and as general manager of a medium-sized company active in materials processing. Professor Kwade is speaker of the European working party on comminution and classification and developed a course on nanomilling taken by more than 1000 participants from different industries among them many pharmaceutical companies. Professor Andrew Owen holds a personal Chair in Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Liverpool UK. He is also affiliated to the MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science and the Wolfson Centre for Personalised Medicine. He is Chair of the British Society for Nanomedicine is co-inventor of several patents related to nanomedicines and has contributed to over 150 publications and book chapters. He is co-founder of University commercial start-ups a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology a Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society and member of the steering committee for the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences Nanomedicine Focus Group. Marcel Van de Voorde has 40 years` experience in European Research Organisations including CERN-Geneva European Commission with 10 years at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart Germany. For many years he was involved in research and research strategies policy and management especially in European research institutions. He holds a Professorship at the University of Technology in Delft the Netherlands as well as multiple visiting professorships in Europe and worldwide. He holds a doctor honoris causa and various honorary Professorships. He is senator of the European Academy for Sciences and Arts in Salzburg and Fellow of the World Academy for Sciences. He is a Fellow of various scientific societies and has been decorated by the Belgian King. He has authored of multiple scientific and technical publications and co-edited multiple books in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology.