Christian-Friedrich Trendelenburg is a senior toxicologist in Preclinical Safety (PCS) at the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR) in Basel/Switzerland.
He is a scientific expert for the safety evaluation of impurities, extractables/leachables and excipients, with major focus on the safety evaluation of pharmaceutical products for children.
As Preclinical Safety project leader in the Neuroscience and Global Health therapeutic areas he represents PCS in global pro-ject teams to support drug development by summarizing, evaluating, and interpreting nonclinical safety aspects.
He graduated in biochemistry from the University of Kaiserslautern/Germany and has a PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Toxicology.
Christian has a strong background in all areas of safety sciences including agrochemical, food, chemical (home & personal care) and pharmaceutical products.
He is a EUROTOX-certified toxicologist and member of the German and Swiss toxicological societies (DGPT & SST).