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France On January 21st, 2019, AstraZeneca inaugurated the extension of the group’s industrial site in the city of Dunkirk in Northern France. The launch was attended by Secretary of State to the Minister of the Economy and Finance, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, as part of the promotional event ‘Choose France,’ designed to promote…

France Franck Puget, managing director for CSL Behring in France, discusses the blood plasma specialist’s commitment to France, building bridges with public authorities, and regulatory attitudes towards rare disease treatments.   Our neighbours envy the Temporary Authorization of Use (Autorisation Temporaire d’Utilisation / ATU) system that we have in France, and…

France Guillaume El Glaoui, co-founder and CEO of Laboratoires Majorelle, discusses what spurred the creation of the company, its success of gaining the first reimbursement ever of a condom in France, and the company’s core philosophy of social responsibility to public health.   We started with contraception and after a few…

France Eric Goupil, CEO of Unither Pharmaceuticals, discusses the company’s development strategy moving forward after the completion of a leveraged buyout in 2017. Additionally, Goupil shares the CDMO’s innovation capabilities as a leading player in the Blow-fill-seal (BFS) niche.   While the continuation of outsourcing by pharmaceutical companies is a trend,…

France Mathilde Lignot-Leloup, director of the French Social Security, provides a fascinating look into the French social system and speaks about its ongoing transformation. She elaborates on change management processes within the social security system, including the pension system while getting back to budget equilibrium expected for 2019 (a first in…

France Thierry Hulot, president biopharma of Merck France, explains how France has become more open to diversity, while still needing significant reforms in the healthcare sector to remain competitive. He also shares insights into his career and the learnings from the Levothyrox case.   Overall, we are a very important branch…

France Pascal Joly, general manager of Medac France, explains how he and his executive team have built the French affiliate from scratch, while highlighting the importance of gaining swift market access and having a diverse product portfolio.   Lyon carries a number of strategic advantages: economically speaking, office spaces are significantly…

France Guy Maugis, president of the Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, explains the impact of the Macron government on the attractiveness of France as well as the importance of a strong relationship between Germany and France in times of political uncertainty. He also highlights the role of the chamber in…

France Philippe Truelle, President of CDM Lavoisier, highlights the financial impact of the EU’s Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) on SMEs across Europe and explains how France is becoming increasingly attractive to foreign investors under the Macron Presidency. He also speaks out about CDM Lavoisier’s longstanding legacy in France and outlines the…

France Frédéric Collet, president Novartis France and general manager oncology explains the rationale behind Novartis’s consistent investment in France, the current shift in the company’s corporate culture and the main challenges inherent to the unprecedented wave of innovation that is revolutionizing the health industry.   In terms of research, we have invested EUR…

France In this exclusive interview, David Loew, executive vice president of Sanofi Pasteur, discusses the future of vaccines in France and the rest of the world, their strategic role in reducing public healthcare expenditure and the revolutionary force of machine learning that promises to disrupt the vaccines space.   Vaccination is…

France Nicolas Bardonnet of Promega France discusses the standout growth of the company on the occasion of its 40th anniversary, collaboration with France’s biotech clusters and the growth drivers of the future.   In France, we start to see hospitals coming to us, but also clinical diagnostic laboratories because for a…