About the Author
Hermann Mascher is founder and CEO of the independent contract research organization "pharm-analyt" based in Baden (near Vienna), Austria. A chemist by training, he has been dealing with quantitative determination of drugs, metabolites, phyto-ingredients and endogenous substances in plasma, urine and tissue for more than 30 years. Professor Mascher is regularly being consulted for analytical questions
of drugs, food as well as botanical and ecological issues. He has published over 80 publications majorly in peer reviewed journals and received several awards in science and innovation for his work in the analysis of clinically important substances.