course instructor
Frank A. Anthony, PhD
Owner & President of Consumer Science Solutions, LLC
Frank A. Anthony, PhD is Owner & President of Consumer Science Solutions, LLC, specializing in Scientific, Clinical, Consumer Science, Claims and Medical Affairs consulting for OTC Products. Frank believes that successful products are the innovative combination of formula + package + claims, requiring a blend of both science and art. He has leveraged his years of scientific skill and creativity as a musician to drive ideas to innovations that successfully translate science into meaningful claims for consumers.
Prior to starting Consumer Science Solutions, LLC, Frank was Global Director of the Claims Centre of Excellence for Bayer Consumer Health. He has worked in the OTC industry for over 30 years at Bayer, Merck, and Schering-Plough and more recently consulted for companies such as Coca-Cola, Sanofi, and Arcadia Consumer Health. His claims expertise covers brands such as Aleve®, Afrin®, Alka-Seltzer®, Bayer® Aspirin, Berocca®, Claritin®, Coppertone®, Dr. Scholl's®, Elevit®, Kaopectate®, MiraLAX®, Nizoral®, and One-a-Day®. Frank's experience includes basic and applied research, product safety, clinical research, consumer research, and claims approvals and defense, impacting products in US, Canada, Brazil, Europe, Asia and Russia.
Frank has over 30 scientific publications/abstracts and 4 patents, has received numerous scientific achievements and leader behavior awards. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from Texas Christian University with an emphasis in Neurochemistry and completed his post-doctoral training at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN.