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African Scientist in
the Diaspora
DR Mohamed Hassan Alin
Dr. Alin spent over 10 years as a researcher in Uppsala University / Karolinska Institute in clinical pharmacology with clinical field work (efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of antimalrials and specially artemisinin compounds) in collaboration with Dar Es Salaam University Hospital ,Tanzania. He therefore has solid experience of field work on clinical trials in the Tropics. He has published over 25 papers in peer reviewed journals and has made many presentations at international conferences. He is also a member of the Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Scien ces. In 1997 he joined AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Company in Sweden as a Scientific Adviser in clinic al pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics and drug metabolism in the Department of Clinical Pharma cology. He is currently a Senior Scientific Adviser in the same department. With over 8 year of clinical pharmacology experience from AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company, Dr. Alin has developed a broad scope of expertise in the following areas: (a) the preclinical and clinical drug development process (b) design and execution of clinical trials (c) pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic modeling and (d) interaction with drug regulatory authorities and ethics committees towards the approval of new drug applications (NDA). Besides his proven leadership skills, Dr. Alin has a great ability to interact and collaborate with people of different scientific backgrounds and cultural diversity. As testimony of his international citizenship, he speaks five languages !! - English - Swedish - Italian - Arabic - Somali
Senior Clinical Pharmacology Scientist
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