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Dr. Jürgen Engel has been Chief Executive Officer of Zentaris GmbH since the beginning of 2001. Before that, he was in charge of all research activities of ASTA Medica AG, after having held several executive positions within that company, including Director of Research Coordination and Director of the Medical Chemical Department. Over a period of 25 years, he has supervised more than 700 scientists and clinical professionals.
Dr. Engel holds a doctorate in organic chemistry, and is an adjunct full professor at Regensburg University, School of Pharmacy. He is also honorary professor at the Dresden Technical University. In 1995, he received the Galenus-von-Pergamon prize for having developed alkylphospholipids as a new class of anti-tumor agents. Dr. Engel is the author of more than 250 scientific articles, several books and he applied for more than 100 patent applications. | 