Hermann Mucke (bioscientist)

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Hermann A. M. Mucke (born 4 September 1955) is an Austrian bioscientist with a peer-review publishing record in the fields of molecular biology, neuropsychiatry, cardiology and ophthalmology, mostly from the perspective of drug development. He is also a management consultant and entrepreneur working and publishing in biopharmaceutical strategic knowledge management, intellectual property management, and life science technology assessment.

Academic career

Hermann Mucke attended the

endosymbiotic theory
.

Industry research executive

After leaving the university Mucke became executive director of research and development at an Austrian pharmaceutical company. He developed an indirect

human T-lymphotropic virus antibody test, developed by Mucke's team but never marketed, served to demonstrate the first evidence of retrovirus-like serological reactivity in patients with the myelodysplastic syndrome,[6][7] a finding that meanwhile has been corroborated on the genomic level.[8]

In 1994 Mucke developed a new research focus in neuropsychiatry, initially with a focus on

neurodegenerative diseases. He directed an R&D program for galantamine derivatives.[9][10][11]
Soon thereafter he began to cooperate with various pharmaceutical intelligence providers and publishers in the United States and the United Kingdom, both as an author and as a contributing editor.

Industry advisor and publisher

When in 2000 Mucke resigned his executive function in the pharmaceutical industry to set up his own consulting enterprise, the financial newspaper

open access peer-review journals. His most recent papers demonstrate a systematic utilization of patent documents as a source of information in science, technology, and market research in the fields of ophthalmology,[13][14] renal[15][16] and cardiorespiratory medicine, especially pulmonary hypertension,[17] and endothelin receptor antagonists.[18][19]

By 2009 Hermann Mucke had authored or co-authored about 50 peer reviewed original research papers and invited reviews, in addition to dozens of drug evaluations. He is also a coinventor on several patent families which concern themselves with the pharmacotherapy of alcohol abuse,[20][21] nicotine dependence,[22] and depression.[23]

Hermann Mucke is Patent Editor at the Thomson Reuters journal, Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs [24] and an advisor to the Antiviral Spot of Excellence Vienna (ASPEX).[25] He is frequently interviewed by media covering the pharmaceutical industry, mostly on issues concerning the streamlining of drug development through optimization of clinical trials,[26][27] new approaches to the clinical trial process,[28] or medical imaging.[29]

References

  1. PMID 6244191
  2. ^ Janssen I, Mucke H, Löffelhardt W and Bohnert HJ. The Central Part of the Cyanelle rDNA Unit of Cyanophora paradoxa: Sequence Comparison with Chloroplasts and Cyanobacteria. Plant Mol. Biol. 9, 479-484 (1987)
  3. ^ Sullivan MT, Mucke H, Kadey SD, Fang CT, Williams AE. Evaluation of an indirect immunofluorescence assay for the confirmation of HIV-1 antibody in U.S. blood donor sera. J Clin Microbiol 30(9), 2509-2510 (1992) PDF
  4. ^ List of FDA-approved HIV and hepatitis tests
  5. PMID 1395126
  6. ^ Mucke HAM, Czollner K. SPH-1286, a novel potent inhibitor of brain acetylcholinesterase, can prevent amnesia after acute moderate hypoxia-hypercarbia. J Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 19(Suppl. 1), p. S19 (1999)
  7. ^ WO/1997/026887 Use of galanthamine in the preparation of novel drugs. Published July 31, 1997 Link to PCT document
  8. ^ WO/2000/032199. Use of galantamine and galantamine derivatives in the case of acute functional brain damage. Published June 8, 2000 Linkt to PCT document
  9. ^ Pridun C; Menschen in Bewegung. wirtschaftsblatt online archive article Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, April 14, 2000. Accessed: 2009-06-15. Archived
  10. ^ Mucke HAM, Mucke P, Mucke E. International patenting in ophthalmology: An analysis of its structure and relevance for the development of drugs and diagnostics. Clin Ophthalmology 3: 103–109 (2009) Open Access paper Archived
  11. PMID 17187313
  12. ^ Mucke HAM. Sitaxentan for the Oral Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Benefits from Endothelin Receptor Subtype Selectivity? Clinical Medicine: Therapeutics 1: 111-121 (2009) Open Access paper Archived
  13. PMID 19517317
  14. ^ WO/2002/102388 Active ingredient combination of e.g. galantamine or deoxypeganine and e.g. acamprosate or memantine for treating an addiction such as alcoholism. Published December 27, 2002. Link to PCT document
  15. ^ WO/2004/014393. Medicament and method for reducing alcohol and/or tobacco consumption. Published Feb. 19, 2004. Link to PCT document
  16. ^ WO/2003/007966. Active substance combination for medicamentous therapy of nicotine dependency. Published January 30, 2003. Link to PCT document
  17. ^ WO/2003/053445. Use of desoxypeganine for treating clinical depression. Published July 3, 2002. Link to PCT document
  18. ^ COID journal website
  19. ^ "ASPEX website". Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  20. ^ Borman S: Improving Efficiency. Chemical & Engineering News Special Issue published June 19, 2006. Vol 84(25):56-78 Link to article Archived
  21. ^ Davies K.: Putting the IT in Clinical Trials. BioIT World Vol. 5 Issue 3, p14. April 14, 2006. Link to article Archived
  22. ^ May M: Exploratory INDs: A Trial Before the Trials. BioIT World Dec. 17, 2007. Link to article Archived
  23. ^ Ward J: From Mice to Men: Is Imaging the Magic Pill for Faster Drug Development? ADVANCE for Imaging & Radiation Oncology. February 23, 2005. Link to article Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Archived

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