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Translational Research Methods in Diabetes, Obesity, and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (eBook, PDF)

A Focus on Early Phase Clinical Drug Development

Redaktion: Krentz, Andrew J.; Hompesch, Marcus; Weyer, Christian

Beschreibung

Contains new chapters of how treatment can be applied for major disease areas

Provides a background to aid the understanding of drug effects and non-drug treatment strategies on key biochemical-hormonal defects of obesity and type 2 diabetes

Aids the selection of the most appropriate techniques for assessing insulin action, insulin secretion and body composition in humans¿

Provides practical examples to assist usage/applications, explanation and study analysis

Perils and pitfalls are summarized for each technique

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Autor

Andrew J Krentz, Senior Research Fellow at ProSciento, is a clinical academic with more than three decades of experience in diabetes and cardiometabolic medicine. He is currently a visiting professor at the University of Reading, UK. Prior to this he was a senior physician and senior lecturer at University Hospital Southampton, UK. He has held research positions at the University of California San Diego and the New Mexico School of Medicine, USA. He is editor-in-chief of 'Cardiovascular Endocrinology & Metabolism' and has published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals. Christian Weyer is a pharmaceutical executive with over 20 years of experience in the drug development focused on diabetes, obesity, and NAFLD/NASH.  As head of R&D at Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Intercept Pharmaceutics, he has contributed to the development, regulatory approval and/or life cycle management of several first-in-class medicines in the areas of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, lipodystrophy, and progressive non-viral liver diseases, as well as to the mid and late-stage development of novel drug candidates for obesity and NASH. Dr Weyer previously served as President and Chief Development Officer at ProSciento and as visiting fellow with the National Institutes of Health, NIDDK, and has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications in the field of endocrinology and metabolism.    Marcus Hompesch, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, ProSciento is a recognized expert in the field of metabolic diseases, a licensed physician and entrepreneur. His experience in designing, performing and publishing clinical studies in metabolic diseases has been gained through over 20 years of work as clinician and clinical researcher. To date Dr Hompesch has authored more than 90 publications, has been editor and author of a textbook on translational research methods and is editor-in-chief of the journal 'Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism'. He established ProSciento, Inc., CA in 2003

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 556
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030117481
• Artikelnr.: 56795624