Menelas N. Pangalos

Menelas Pangalos Ph.D. (born 1967 in Ealing, London) is a British-born Neuroscientist of Chios, Greece descent. He is best known for his work on the discovery and development of novel drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease , and was recently listed as an “R&D Difference-Maker” by R&D Directions magazine, for his efforts in the field of Alzheimer’s drug discovery. He is the author of over 100 publications in scientific journals.

Education

Menelas Pangalos commenced his scientific career with an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London and a subsequent Ph.D. in Neurochemistry from the Institute of Neurology, London. His post-doctoral training was conducted under the tutelage of Prof. N.K. Robakis at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York.

Wyeth

Currently Menelas Pangalos is the Vice President of Neuroscience Research at Wyeth, a leading pharmaceutical company. In this role, which he has held since 2003, he has been responsible for overseeing the transition of more than 20 novel drug candidates into clinical development for a number of devastating neurological and psychiatric diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Stroke, Schizophrenia, and Pain.^[1] He previously served as Group Director and Head of Neurodegenerative Research at GlaxoSmithKline in Harlow, United Kingdom, and has held positions with SmithKline Beecham, Janssen Pharmaceutica and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Other functions

Menelas Pangalos is an Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania and a Visiting Professor at King’s College London. He is on the editorial boards of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neuropharmacology and The Scientific World and on scientific advisory boards for the Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases (King’s College London University) and Rider University. He has previously served on the BBSRC Molecular and Cell Biology council and is a member of the American Society for Neuroscience, British Pharmacological Society and an Associate of the Royal College of Science. Dr. Pangalos has edited the book “Understanding G protein-coupled receptors in the CNS”, as well as a number of journal issues focused on drug discovery in the CNS.

References

1. ^ [1] Taking on Alzheimers New York Times 10 June 2007

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