Date & Time: Thursday December 13, 2012 – 7:30 PM
Location: Montgomery Community College (Rockville Campus) – Humanity Building (HU), Conference Room 009 (Get Directions, Campus Map )
Language: EnglishÂ
Synopsis:
Drug development is a long, expensive and risky process. It starts from an idea that sparks in a scientist’s brain (either in academia or industry) and creates a flurry of scientific, financial and sometimes political activities to generate about 5000 compounds, which at the end, just one of them may end up in the market as a drug.This brief presentation will attempt to point out the major issues involved in drug development process and the potential reasons of failure of other 4999 compounds during 12-15 years of this process.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Esmail Tabibi received his B.Sc. in pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy with emphasis on Pharmacology from Tabriz University in Iran. After teaching at Tabriz and Mash-had universities, he moved to University of Maryland at Baltimore to obtain his Ph.D.. Following his graduation, he served as Director of Pharmaceutical R&D at H.G. Pars Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Director R&D and Vice President at MediControl Corporation, Newton, MA, Vice President for Product Development at Micro Vesicular System, Nashua, NH, Assistant Professor of School of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI and Project Officer at the National Cancer Institute with responsibility for develping anti-cancer drugs.
In 2001, he returned to academic as Associate Professor of the Dept of OB/GYN at Eastern Virginia Medical School to develop microbicide and anti-AIDS medications. His current position is at the National Cancer Institute with similar responsibility. Dr. Tabibi has published over 60 peer reviewed articles, many book chapters and has been honored with several patents.
He is founding member of the following non-profit organizations:
- Ibn Sina Health Foundation of North America
- AhlulBayte Society in North America
- Islamic School of Potomac
Currently he serves at the Board of Islamic School of Potomac and Islamic Research and Educational Foundation.
Fee (including dinner): $5 Students, $15 Public
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