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…
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…
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…
Dr. F. Köhler Chemie Your father was the founder of Dr. Franz Köhler Chemie – that carries his name – and was a very well respected doctor among the German medical and pharmaceutical community. What have been the main challenges you faced when taking over the company 25 years ago and becoming its General…
The US chooses to price its innovative drugs based on a market approach which is very different from the French system. Could you explain how the French model rewards innovative drugs? It’s simple to explain as the market place doesn’t work for drugs for quite serious reasons. Primarily, the end-user…
The creation of AFSSAPS in 1999 was a milestone for the industry as it became the organism which gives authorization to enter a drug into the market. Can you explain to our readers the main differences between this organization in France and the US FDA? AFSSAPS was created in 1999…
Boasting three Nobel Prize winners from the life sciences, Argentina has had a long history of innovation. Immigration from Europe at the end of the 19th century saw the genesis of many of the national pharmaceutical companies that today control over 53% of the market. Access to highly qualified…
France What was the idea behind the creation of the « Etats Generaux de l’industrie » (General States of Industries)? What can we expect from them? The main idea is that we can no longer live during this crisis without letting people express themselves genuinely. And I don’t mean expression of…
Paion Why was the time right in 2000 to start Paion, and how did your background and experiences in the pharma industry, academia and consulting help you create the successful company we see today? The reason for founding Paion in 2000 was more a question of timing of our own development.…
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