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Provides a comprehensive compilation of discoveries that led to the cure for HCV by the leading researchers in the fieldTraces all aspects of HCV research that contributed to the development of key drugs and to the identification of important drug combinationsProvides an authoritative history of the journey to find a cure for HCV with accounts from the key researchers themselves
ISBN: 9783030284022
Sprache: Englisch
Seitenzahl: 500
Produktart: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Herausgeber: Sofia, Michael J.
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Veröffentlicht: 26.08.2021
Untertitel: Volume II
Schlagworte: DAA therapies HCV Clinical Trials HCV Combination Therapy NS4B Inhibitors NS5B Inhibitors Pharmacoeconimics Vaccine Development
Michael J. Sofia, Ph.D. is currently Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder at Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., a company focused on the discovery and development of therapies to treat hepatitis B. He also holds a professorship at the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute and an Adjunct Professorship at the Drexel University School of Medicine. Previously, Mike Sofia was Senior Vice President of Chemistry and Senior Advisor at Gilead Sciences and was Sr. Vice President of Chemistry at Pharmasset, Inc until Pharmasset’s acquisition by Gilead in Jan 2012.Mike Sofia previously held research and research management positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Intercardia Research Labs (formerly Transcell Technologies) and  Eli Lilly & Co. He did his postdoctoral training in synthetic organic chemistry as an NIH fellow at Columbia University and received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.  He earned his B.A. degree in chemistry from Cornell University.Mike has introduced numerous drugs into clinical development for the treatment of infectious diseases and inflammatory diseases. He is the principle inventor of sofosbuvir (Sovaldiâ and Harvoniâ) currently marketed as a treatment for the cure of HCV infection.  Mike is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2015 ACS Heroes of Chemistry Award, the Economist Magazine’s 2015 Innovation Award in Biosciences, the 2016 IUPAC-Richter Prize, the 2016 Lasker-Debakey Award in Clinical Medical Research and the 2017 Gertrude Elion Award from the International Society for Antiviral Research.

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