- Paul Appermont
Paul Appermont (born in
Bilzen in 1946) is a Belgian businessman. Together withJoos Horsten , he laid the foundation of Xi'an Janssen Pharmaceutical [ [http://themedicalcentera.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html The Medical Center: August 2007 ] ] . Appermont is a member of the board ofEuropaBio .Education
Appermont graduated with a
Ph.D inlaw at theKatholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven ,Belgium ) [ [http://www.abfx.com/mashpipe/Category:Leuven_alumni Category:leuven Alumni - mashPipe ] ] and ininternational relations at theGraduate Institute of International Studies (IUHEI) (Geneva ,switzerland ).Career
He started his career at
Janssen Pharmaceutica ascompany lawyer . In 1979 he andJoos Horsten were sent toXi'an in thePeople's Republic of China by Dr.Paul Janssen to prepare the establishment of apharmaceutical company . In 1986 he started working for Biogen in Switzerland as aVice President in trade and licensing until 1986. In 1896 he joinedJean-Louis Gentilini on the development of "Medicard". He now works as a consultant forInnogenetics and the biotech industry [ [http://www.investinflanders.com/en/news_details/default.aspx?id=7703baa6-4135-4aa3-9bd1-f1aae8933ed0&news=First+Flanders+biotech+seminar+in+Japan+huge+success&parent=af2ecb9b-ab1b-42d4-acd9-7e377bcd80b8 First Flanders biotech seminar in Japan huge success ] ] .Notes
References
* Trends, "Ik ben Paul Janssen nog altijd dankbaar", 24 April 2008, pp. 132-135
* [http://www.europabio.org/articles/article_19_EN.pdf Europabio] (board)
* Geerdt Magiels, "Paul Janssen. Pionier in farma en in China", Houtekiet, 2005.
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