Françoise Brunner-ferber Ph.d.

Biography

    Françoise has more than 25 years’ Clinical Pharmacology experience, working for Merck Sharp and Dohme, Johnson and Johnson, and later for Marion Merrell Dow through its mergers with Hoechst Marion Roussel and Aventis. She spent 7 years as Head of the Zurich Subregion (MSD) and subsequently 10 years as Senior Director and Head of Clinical Pharmacology Europe. Her responsibilities included strong interfaces with preclinical development and research groups, aiming at a coordinated drug development strategy across the Atlantic. She has a keen interest in animal models, first-in-man studies, surrogate markers, and PK/PD relationship to support mechanisms of action and dose selection. She founded Brunner Naga, a consultant company, in 2001.

Research Interest

Bioinformatics & Systems Biology