Curriculum vitae
Kurt Löffler, MSc, PhDwww.accovion.com
Dr. Kurt Löffler is a co-founder of Accovion and has been one of
its managing directors since 2002. His responsibilities on the board of
managing directors focus on biostatistics, data management, medical informatics,
and IT.
Before founding Accovion, he was senior director and departmental head
of biostatistics and clinical data management at Aventis (formerly Hoechst
AG) in Frankfurt, Germany. Previously, he held positions as director of
clinical data management at Hoechst Marion Roussel, as project leader
for the worldwide implementation of Clintrial®-the clinical data management
system at Hoechst AG-and as head of biometrics at Cassella.
Prior to joining the pharmaceutical industry, Kurt was a research assistant
at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, where he was responsible
for clinical biostatistics and biomathematics research in the psychophysiological
laboratory unit.
He holds an MSc in Mathematics and Informatics from the Munich University
of Technology, and a PhD from the University of Tübingen.
Kurt has more than 20 years' professional experience as a clinical biostatistician.
He has contributed to drug development projects in various therapeutic
areas and has authored or co-authored numerous clinical study protocols,
clinical study reports, publications, and congress proceedings. He regularly
conducts seminars in statistics and related areas. He has a particular
interest in the application of innovative biostatistical methods and data
management technology to accelerate drug development, such as the use
of electronic data capture to enable implementations of adaptive trial
designs.
Kurt looks forward to leveraging Accovion's unique combination of scientific
expertise with operational and technical capabilities to the success of
our clients in the development of their bio-pharmaceutical and medical
products.