George William Mihaly
Non-Executive Director
Neurology
Prana Biotechnology
Australia
Biography
Dr Mihaly has served as director of our company since December 1999. He also serves as a director of Waide Pty Ltd., a private company. He has had an extensive career spanning the research and commercial facets of the pharmaceutical industry.During the period from mid-1994 to early 2000, Dr. Mihaly was the founding Executive Chairman and Managing Director of Synermedica Pty Ltd., or Synermedica, one of Australia’s leading independent consultant research organizations, or CRO, to the pharmaceutical industry. Synermedica merged with the global CRO, Kendle International Inc., in April 2000 and Dr. Mihaly continued as Managing Director of the merged entity in Australia (now called Kendle Pty Ltd.) until December 2004. Over the course of the last 35 years in academia and industry, he has amassed extensive experience in both the science and logistics of setting up, monitoring, managing and evaluating results from Phase I, II, III and IV clinical trials. He holds a B.Pharm. degree from Monash University, Australia, M.Sc. degree from Sydney University and Ph.D. degree fromMelbourne University, and is a fellow of the Australian Institute ofCompany Directors.
Research Interest
pharmaceutical,Alzheimer’s and Huntington's diseases, Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders (PBT434) and brain cancer (PBT519), pre-clinical toxicology testing, Metal Protein Attenuating Compounds, neurodegenerative diseases.
