Jacques Servier
French doctor and businessman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jacques Servier (9 February 1922 – 16 April 2014) was a French doctor and businessman. He was the founder and president of Laboratoires Servier, a pharmaceutical company.[1]
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Jacques Servier | |
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Born | |
Died | 16 April 2014 92) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | (aged
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Businessman Founder of Laboratoires Servier |
Biography
Founder of the pharmaceutical group Servier in 1954, he had a fortune estimated at US$7.7 billion.[2]
The group led by him, Servier, had been convicted several times to pay damages for Mediator, trade name of benfluorex. There was a class action also for Isoméride, trade name of dexfenfluramine. There are also active discussions and trial around benfluorex.[3][4]
Decorations
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- Legion of Honour
- Knight (1976)
- Officer (1 December 1987; by Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Philippe Séguin)
- Commander (31 December 1992; by Minister for Foreign Trade Dominique Strauss-Kahn)
- Grand Officer (25 March 2002; by President Jacques Chirac)
- Grand Cross (31 December 2008; by President Nicolas Sarkozy)[5]
- National Order of Merit
- Officer (1981)
- Commander (21 May 1985; by President François Mitterrand)
- Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- Knight (1980)
- Officer (1996)
References
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