Interview with Yann Mazeman, General Manager, Servier Ireland
Mr. Mazeman, can you please begin by offering a brief overview of your career to date? I am a French pharmacist by training, with expertise in pharmacology. I have worked…
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Servier’s performance is record-breaking. From a mere 9 people in France in the early days of our Company, our workforce now exceeds 20 000 throughout the world. 90% of Servier’s medicines are prescribed internationally. Creativity requires independence. As we are a foundation, our independence is guaranteed.
769 million boxes of drugs were produced by SERVIER’s production sites in 2008.
The SERVIER Clinical Support Unit in Gidy (near Orleans) is the largest unit of its kind in Europe for the production of drugs for clinical trials.
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