About Jan Schuurkes
Born 1950. Jan Schuurkes is a Dutch scientist.
Jan A. J. Schuurkes (born 1950, in Oisterwijk) is a Dutch pharmacologist and gastrointestinal researcher.
Education He graduated as a biochemist at the Catholic University of Nijmegen (Nijmegen). He obtained a PhD in Medicine at Utrecht University (Utrecht) with a thesis on Motility and hemodynamics of the canine gastrointestinal tract.
Career In 1979, he started his career at Janssen Pharmaceutica, where he became assistant head of the Department of Pharmacodynamics, head of the Department of Gastrointestinal pharmacology and finally vice-president Gastrointestinal Discovery. In 2007, he founded a new pharmaceutical company, Movetis.
Awards 1997, Dr. Paul Janssen award.
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