GEMME Generic drugs were a very late arrival for the French market in comparison with other European markets and healthcare systems on a par with the French one. Today the gap has been narrowed very quickly as highlighted by public opinion and the fact everyone knows about generic drugs, but how…
LEEM - Les Enterprises du Medicament Throughout your prolific career in the pharmaceutical industry, what would you describe have been the major changes in the French pharmaceutical market and to what extent has France kept up? I think France has kept up with the world market albeit with some notable differences, namely in terms of our…
France Biotech France is a major pharmaceutical market, leader in Europe and number three in the world but it seems in biotechnologies, France lags behind. In your opinion, what has caused this? In fact, there were some delays in consciousness of the biotech trend. Compared to other countries, it took more time…
FEFIS represents 11 different associations across the industry with a very broad scope. How does the organization represent all of these different sectors? FEFIS represents as much as possible activities involving the health field. For many years, the organization was a sleeping association but about five years ago Jean-Pierre Cassan,…
After spending 15 years at the CEA (Nuclear Energy Center), you just accepted an offer to become the General Manager of INSERM at the very moment a political reform is reorganizing research in France, creating many tensions. Why did you accept this position given this turbulent situation? The answer to…
Roche, once a true pharmaceutical company, is now recognized by its capacity to create a unique business model that allowed to become the world’s largest biotech company with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, virology, inflammation, metabolism and CNS. Roche is also the world leader in in-vitro diagnostics, tissue-based cancer diagnostics…
Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals are inextricably linked industries which is evident through your board membership that is half comprised of chemical companies developing products for the pharmaceutical sector. To what degree is the French chemical industry dependant on pharmaceuticals? Fine chemicals can be used in electronics, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals, the latter…
Biogen Idec Germany Having experienced many years at big pharmaceutical companies, you recently moved into the booming biotech sector by joining Biogen Idec in 2007. What made you make such a decision? The growth potential of the biotech industry is incomparable to any other sector in the pharmaceutical industry, and the entire industry…
GSK France France yet today you work for a foreign multinational within France. Can you speak to the differences in culture and what the transition has been like? I have spent half of my career abroad but always having worked for a French pharmaceutical company whether it was Fournier or sanofi-aventis. Of…
July 2008 libre acèss (free access,) for OTC market was implemented – a measure where some selected OTC products were made available over the counter within the pharmacy. Could you explain to us why it took so long in France to implement such a measure, while in most developed markets…
The French President declared that he intended to make France the most welcoming and attractive place for the healthcare industry. Do you think this is possible? Can France be the most attractive country in the world? I think the answer is certainly positive, but to say that without any further…
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