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France Nathalie Giraud, director of integrated monitoring investigator services & head of France at PPD, breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of the French clinical trials environment and stresses the importance of France in PPD’s overall operations. She also explains how the contract research organization is catering to the needs of…

France The latest issue of Healthcare & Life Sciences Review France follows on from our March 2019 report and takes a closer look at the wider French life sciences value chain and the spirit of innovation and reform sweeping the nation.   A reform-minded and business-oriented administration under President Emmanuel Macron…

France Not long ago, Laboratories Servier was considered a somewhat mysterious and opaque actor on the world pharmaceuticals stage. Privately owned, smaller and sleeker than many of its direct competitors, but nonetheless formidably successful, Servier has, for many years, been characterized by its discreet, understated approach and a rugged pragmatism and…

France Iconic French skincare specialist, Pierre Fabre has been enjoying a hot streak of late, with its dermo-cosmetics business registering hefty sales growth of more than EUR 350 (USD 392) million since 2014. It is, however, the company’s unique positioning right at the confluence between the worlds of medicines and cosmetics…

France Christopher Cuniasse, managing director of Fagron France, sheds light on the specialty area of pharmaceutical compounding and its link with personalized medicine, noting the benefits it can deliver to health professionals, patients, the pharma industry, and healthcare systems. As a newly implemented leader tasked with growing the affiliate and developing…

France Éric Ducournau, global CEO of Pierre Fabre Group, the second largest dermo-cosmetic company worldwide and the third-largest French pharmaceutical laboratory, provides insights into the group’s on-going internationalization and its emerging markets strategy, while reaffirming Pierre Fabre’s commitment to France’s healthcare innovation ecosystem. As illustrated by the group’s new motto ‘Taking…

France Inventiva is a French clinical-stage biotech company focused on developing oral small molecule epigenetic modulators in therapeutic areas with high unmet medical needs such as fibrosis, lysosomal storage disorders and oncology. Its most advanced program is a first-in-class drug candidate against NASH. Inventiva’s chairman, CEO and co-founder, Frédéric Cren, explains…

France Inotrem is a French biotech company developing a novel approach to target inflammatory diseases based on the TREM-1 pathway. Its CEO, Dr Jean-Jacques Garaud explains why he decided to leave Big Pharma for biotech, lays out Inotrem’s recent milestones, and outlines his internationalization strategy.   The TREM-1 pathway can be…

France Anne-Laurence Sabatini, vice president of Cluster France, Canada & Benelux at LEO Pharma, discusses the transformation of the company and how this has trickled down to her cluster. Furthermore, she talks about the strategic importance of France and the steps LEO Pharma is taking to be the preferred medical dermatology…

France Phillipe Archinard CEO of Transgene shares insights on the latest technologies being developed by the gene therapy specialist, explains how France’s innovation landscape is improving, and highlights the current opportunities in the market.   Thanks to their versatility, oncolytic viruses can, therefore, be very potent. Our Invir.IO™ platform will be…

France Olivier Laureau, global president of Servier Group, outlines the impact of recent acquisitions, the significance of Servier’s recently-opened commercial subsidiary in the US, the ongoing importance of France to the global group, and Servier’s unique value proposition as a privately-owned R&D-focused company.   The acquisition of Shire products also allowed…

France Stéphane Regnault, president of Vygon, shares how the company has grown in size and international footprint over the past several years as a leading domestic French medtech. Regnault goes on to offer his expert opinion on the current dynamics impacting the industry and the French healthcare system.   One of…