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| Harald Heckenmüller, Ph.D. |
| General Manager, Phyton Biotech GmbH |
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| As General Manager of Phyton Biotech GmbH, a subsidiary of the DFB Pharmaceuticals division Phyton Biotech, Inc., Dr. Heckenmüller is responsible for all aspects of production for the company.
During his 25 years in the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Heckenmüller has worked with both medium- and large-sized pharma companies, holding a variety of top positions in research and development, quality, and manufacturing in Germany and throughout Europe.
Immediately prior to joining Phyton, in 2000, he served as Vice President of Pharmaceutical and Analytical R&D for Astra Draco, now AstraZeneca. Former positions for other organizations included Head of Pharmaceutical Development, Head of Research and Development, and Production Manager.
Dr. Heckenmüller has initiated and supervised the development of a variety of innovative dosage forms, suitable devices, and diagnostic kits. He has authored and co-authored several patents.
Dr. Heckenmüller received his doctorate degree in Pharmacy at J. W. Goethe University of Frankfurt. He is a certified Pharmacist.
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| Kai Schütte |
| Production Manager |
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| Mr. Schütte joined Phyton Biotech GmbH in 1995 shortly after the acquisition of the plant cell culture facility in Ahrensburg, Germany. He leads the production and engineering group at the Ahrensburg cGMP production facility. In his more than 12 years of employment at Phyton Mr. Schütte has been involved in all phases of establishing and executing the paclitaxel manufacturing process. He also coordinated several engineering projects to upgrade and expand the production facilities.
Mr. Schütte received his engineering degree in Biotechnology from the Technische Fachhochschule in Berlin, Germany.
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| Dr. Michael von Gönner |
| Head Quality Management |
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| As head of Quality Management at Phyton Biotech GmbH, Dr. von Gönner is accountable for all GMP operations in the company since June 2000. Prior to working for Phyton Biotech he was leader of the GMP Assurance Group of Aventis Behring (now ZLB Behring) where he was in charge of QA related aspects in six plants for blood plasma fractionation. Prior to joining Aventis, Dr. von Gönner worked as QA Manager at R.P.Scherer where he managed successfully all aspects of Quality Assurance incl. several FDA inspections. He is a biologist by training and received his Ph. D. in Phytopathology from the University Department of Phytopathology and Applied Entomology at Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany.
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