Author: Hilmar Weinmann

Eckard Ottow is the head of medicinal chemistry at Schering AG in Berlin (Germany). He studied Chemistry at the University of Hannover (Germany) and received his Ph D degree in 1982. He joined Schering AG in 1983, first in the field of endocrinology and later in oncology and CNS. In 2002, he was appointed to his present position as head of medicinal chemistry. He is also a honorary professor at the Technical University of Berlin. Hilmar Weinmann studied Chemistry at the universities of Tübingen and Hannover (Germany). He joined Schering in 1995, where he is currently a department head of Medicinal Chemistry. His main fields of expertise are in oncology, dermatology and gender healthcare.