Is there hope to treat glioblastoma effectively?

Abstract

Thomas Mehrling was appointed Managing Director of Mundipharma EDO GmbH, Basel, in January 2013 and brings extensive experience with more than 17 years in the industry to this role. During his career, he has held various senior positions in different companies across almost all functions in drug development and commercialization. Most recently, he held the position of International Director Oncology Strategy (2011-2013). From 2004 to 2011 he served as European Director Oncology at Mundipharma International Ltd. During his tenure the oncology business of the European Mundipharma network of independent associated companies was set up and two major products were launched in Europe, DepoCyte® and Levact® (Ribomustin®, Treanda®). He joined Mundipharma in 2000 as Head of Business Development. Prior to Mundipharma, he was Senior Vice President of the global CRO Medical Affairs at Staticon International, and prior to this he acted as Medical Leader at Takeda European R&D center. Dr. Mehrling is a certified Pharmacist with a PhD in pharmacology and a certified Physician trained in haemato-oncology. He obtained his PhD from Frankfurt University following work on developing a new 5-HT3 antagonist to treat nausea and vomiting and developed a particular interest in mechanisms of multidrug resistance into chemotherapy. Dr. Mehrling earned his MD degree through his work in the Department of Internal medicine at Frankfurt University (Hemato-oncology and Cardiology) where he worked for several years before starting his career in the pharmaceutical industry.