Interview with Robert Dahan, President, AstraZeneca France
You’ve been at the head of AstraZeneca France for 7 years through during which time there has been a lot of M&A activity in the industry as well as a…
Address: 1 Place Louis Renault, Rueil-Malmaison cedex 92844,France
Tel: 33 (0)1 41 29 40 00
Web: http://www.astrazeneca.fr/accueil/
AstraZeneca provides medical professionals and patients know how and drugs already widely recognized. The French subsidiary of AstraZeneca was the first European subsidiary of the group and the third in the world after the United States and Japan.
With a turnover of 1.23 billion euros in 2008, AstraZeneca is the 6th largest pharmaceutical company in France while employing 1,900 people.
In France, AstraZeneca is involved in all stages of the life of the drug research, development, production, marketing. Besides the headquarters in Rueil-Malmaison and medical networks present throughout the territory, the company has a center of Cancer Research in Reims and two industrial sites in Dunkirk and Reims.
AstraZeneca has a broad range of effective drugs and innovative, designed to combat disease in areas where medical needs are greatest.
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