Eck Pharmaceutical Consulting
Who We Are
Our company was founded by Volker Eck, PhD. Under his leadership, the company has enjoyed a steady growth. To give you a more precise idea about his professional background, please find below a short summary.
Volker Eck studied Chemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and received his Diploma in 1980 for his work on Rapid Electron Transfer Reactions. He continued working as a scientist for the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft at the Fritz-Haber-Institut at Berlin, Germany and in 1983 he received his PhD for his work on Phase Transition Phenomena on Phospholipid Bilayers. He joined Schering AG, Berlin, Germany, in 1983 and worked there in its Pharmaceutical Research and Development branch. There he was responsible for Analytical Development, Quality Assurance and Quality Control for the Diagnostics Projects of the company. He joined Pharmacia&Upjohn, later Pharmacia Corp. and thereafter Pfizer Inc. being responsible for Analytical Research and Development at the Nerviano, Italy, Research and Development site, concentrating on Oncology projects of the companies. In 2004 he joined Nerviano Medical Sciences, a spin-off from Pfizer Inc. and Contract Manufacturer, as Director Analytical Development and Quality Control. In this role, he was responsible for managing Technology Transfer to and from this organisation for various international projects of big and small pharmaceutical companies. Since 2006 he is an independent consultant and also with the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) in the area of Science and Technology.
Volker Eck has been involved for many years with PDA and is a founding member of the Italy Chapter. He also is a member of PDA's Science Advisory Board since 2003. In this function, he was reviewer to Technical Reports issued by PDA.
Volker Eck, PhD
Tel: +41 (91) 9804760
E-mail: volker.eck@eckpharmaconsult.ch
