Tagged with Pierre Fabre

France The latest news from French pharma, including AI-based biotech Owkin’s new status as a USD one billion-valued unicorn following fresh investment from Sanofi. Also included is another deal for Sanofi, this time in the form of a partnership with Chinese tech giant Baidu to use its algorithm for mRNA sequencing.…

Europe While 2020 may have seemed like the year the world stood still for many, the pharma industry went into overdrive, working around the clock to ensure security of supply as well as develop diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines for COVID-19. Recruitment also continued apace; here four recent country manager appointees share…

Global The top 10 most-read interviews on PharmaBoardroom in 2020 represents the broad geographic scope we have had in the past year. From Mexico to Morocco and Romania to Riyadh, these local insights help give a more well-rounded global picture of our industry today.   1. Bill Sibold, Executive VP, Sanofi…

Talent COVID-19 has necessitated enormous shifts in the way we live, work, and communicate with each other. Nowhere is this more apparent professionally than for those starting a new job. Here, we highlight four recent appointees to new roles in pharma companies across Europe and the USA and how they have…

Belgium Pierre Fabre Benelux General Manager Kristel de Bisschop discusses the challenges and opportunities inherent in taking charge of an important affiliate against the backdrop of a group-wide transformation push and a global pandemic. de Bisschop also touches on key product launches in both oncology and dermatology, the synergies between these…

Morocco Morocco has made admirable progress in building a national oncology network in recent years, but the country’s cancer patients still face significant challenges in terms of accessing the latest therapies. Here, the Morocco heads of companies with global portfolios of innovative cancer treatments discuss the current situation and how they…

Pharma Faces Mouloud Boukhachab, Pierre Fabre’s managing director for Africa, the Middle East and Turkey, took on the new responsibilities of his current position in March 2020 at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. In a recent interview with PharmaBoardroom, Boukhachab outlined the career trajectory that has led him to his current…

MEA Pierre Fabre’s recently appointed head for Africa, the Middle East and Turkey, Mouloud Boukhachab, outlines his career trajectory, having worked and managed in geographies as diverse as BeNeLux and Morocco. Boukhachab also states his priorities for his new position and his strategy for navigating the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and lockdown…

Morocco Pierre Behnam, general manager of Pierre Fabre in Morocco, breaks down the strong and long-standing footprint of the group in the country in the medical and dermo-cosmetic fields. On the medical side, he talks about the amazing progress Morocco has made in the prevention and treatment of cancer, and his…

Czech Republic Roman Dusil, GM of Pierre Fabre Laboratories in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, shares how the Czech affiliate is ahead of Pierre Fabre’s global transformation of the convergence between the dermo-cosmetic and pharmaceutical verticals. In dermo-cosmetics, Dusil explains the dynamics of the Czech pharmacy market and emphasizes the company’s efforts to…

UAE From Turkey to Tajikistan, Bangladesh to Bahrain, and Russia to Rwanda, multinational pharma firms are increasingly situating wide-ranging management responsibilities in the UAE. The following is an inexhaustive list of some of the widely varying geographies being managed from the UAE, as well as insights from the executives overseeing them.…

UAE Pierre Fabre, the French dermo-cosmetics giant, is banking on its tradition of quality to continue disrupting the emerging markets. Naim Hanna, managing director for the Middle East and Gulf region, provides insights into the region’s competitive landscape, analyzes the most recent consumer trends and explains how the “Taking Care, Living…