Drug Discovery Expert Witnesses
Drug discovery expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on drug discovery. The drug discovery expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Chemistry & Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Research, and Pharmacology.
Robert B. Raffa, PhD
Clear explanation of mechanisms of action of drugs
(1) Temple Univ Sch Pharmacy (2) Univ AZ College Pharmacy (3) Neumentum (4) Enalare
Tucson, Arizona
Pharmacology
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Pharmacology, Mechanism of drug action, Drug receptors, Pain relievers, Opioids, Drug discovery, Basic science, Pharmacology teaching
Dr. Raffa is Adjunct Professor at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and Professor Emeritus at Temple University School of Pharmacy. He earned bachelor’s degrees in Chemical Engineering and in Physiological Psychology (both from the University of Delaware), master’s degrees in Biomedical Engineering (from Drexel University) and Toxicology (Thomas Jefferson University), and a doctorate in Pharmacology (Temple University School of Medicine). He was a Research Fellow on the Scientific Ladder and Team Co-Leader for analgesics drug discovery in the CNS Group at Johnson & Johnson, where he was pivotal in elucidating the mechanism of action and development of the analgesic drug tramadol. He is a Co-founder of CaRafe Drug Innovation and Enalare Therapeutics, and the CSO of Neumentum Inc, companies directed to the discovery and development of non-opioid analgesics and the treatment of overdose. He is the co-holder of several patents, including the combination of tramadol plus a...
Glenn D Prestwich, PhD
Clear Solutions Biomedical
Port Townsend, Washington
Chemistry & Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Research
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drug discovery, natural products chemistry, termite control, organic synthesis, lipid metabolism, sterol metabolism, fatty acid, phospholipid, anti-cancer drug, cholesterol, hyaluronic acid, polymers, insect pheromone, hormone biochemistry, biomaterials, regenerative medicine, intellectual property
Expert witness and consultant for intellectual property cases in the chemical and life sciences.
Expert in organic synthesis, natural products chemistry, mechanistic enzymology, pest control agents, termite biology, insect and mammalian pheromone biochemistry, insect hormone biochemistry, mammalian and insect steroid metabolism, and photoaffinity labeling and intracellular visualization. Chemical biology of phosphoinositide and lysophosphatidic acid signaling; the chemistry of hyaluronic acid and development of hyaluronic acid derived biomaterials for wound repair, cell culture, tissue engineering. Discovery of anti-cancer, cholesterol-lowering, and anti-inflammatory drugs.
