- Bill Charman
Bill Charman is an Australian pharmaceutical scientist whose work has developed medical treatments in a range of areas, including a new drug for the treatment of
malaria . He was also the founder and director of biomedical sciences company Acrux Ltd. He has published more than 320 scientific papers on his research and has received tens of millions of dollars in funding to further his work. Prior to embarking on a career in academic research, he worked for a number of pharmaceutical companies in the USA. [ [http://www.monash.edu.au/news/newsline/story/1027 Monash Newsline (Monash University) ] ]He has received numerous international awards for his work, including the
Glaxo Wellcome International Achievement award in Pharmaceutical Sciences from theRoyal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in 1999, the Drug Discovery Project of the Year award from the Medicines for Malaria Venture (Switzerland) in 2002, the Australasian Pharmaceutical Sciences Association Medal in 2005, the 2006 Controlled Release Society International Career Achievement in Oral Drug Delivery Award and the 2007 Research Achievement Award from the Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress. [ [http://www.monash.edu.au/news/monashmemo/stories/20070523/bill-charman.html Dean receives prestigious international recognition - (Monash Memo, 23 May 2007) ] ]Currently, Charman is Dean of the
Victorian College of Pharmacy atMonash University , where he holds a personal chair in pharmaceutics and is director of the Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation. He also works as an adviser to theWorld Health Organisation . [ [http://www.vcp.monash.edu.au/125/stories/charmanb.html 125 stories for 125 years ] ] He is a regular commentator on many areas of drug development in the Australian media. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/ra/innovations/stories/s1258926.htm Radio Australia - Innovations - ‘Oz’ Kills Malaria Parasite ] ]References
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