Background
Berchtold, Peter was born on April 29, 1934 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Otto Robert and Lorly (Brütsch) Berchtold.
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Peter Berchtold
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Graduate, Stiftsschule, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, 1954; diploma in medicine, U. Zurich, 1960; Doctor of Medicine, U. Zurich, 1961.
Career
Resident Medical Clinic, U. Zurich, 1961-1969;
fellow department medicine, U. Gothenburg, Sweden, 1969-1970;
fellow department pharmacology and department medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1970-1972;
deputy head clinical research, Bayer AG, Wuppertal, Federal Republic Germany, 1972-1983;
visiting physician medical Department, University Dusseldorf, Federal Republic Germany, 1972-1983;
senior vice president clinical research, Sandoz Pharmaceutical, Basel, Switzerland, 1984-1994;
professor medicine, U. Basel, Switzerland, since 1987;
director research, Sandoz GmbH, Vienna, Austria, 1994-1997. Member research county, board directors Swiss Foundation Medical Biological Scholarships, 1984-1987. Chairman of the board of trustees Sandoz Foundation Therapeutic Research, Germany, 1985-1990.
Member Senior Advisory Group in Biotechnology, Brussels, 1988-1991. Member exec.com. European Course of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Basel, 1989-1994. Consultant to pharmaceutical industry, since 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Captain Medical Corps, Swiss Army, 1953-1989. Member Swiss Medical assosiation, New York Academy Sciences, American Diabetes Association.
Interests
Connections
Married Ursula Schnitger.
