Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch
University of Innsbruck, Austria
Biography
Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch was educated in pharmacy (M.Sc.) and in microbiology and genetics (D.Sc.), University of Vienna, finishing his doctorate in 1994. In 2003 he was appointed to a chair in pharmaceutical technology at the University of Innsbruck. Since 2013 he heads the Institute of Pharmacy there. He invented and pioneered thiolated polymers – thiomers – as a new generation of mucoadhesive polymers. Various medicines based on thiomers have already passed clinical trials and a first product will soon reach the global pharmaceutical market. He is the founder of several biotech companies and author of over 300 research articles and reviews. As of June 2016 his H-index is 61.