Jacques Servier

Jacques Servier
Born	9 February 1922 Vatan, France
Died	16 April 2014 (aged 92) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Businessman Founder Laboratoires Servier

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]

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, aka Isoméride, both trade names of dexfenfluramine. There are also active discussions and trial around benfluorex.^[3][4]

Decorations

• 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

1. Bloomberg BusinessWeek
2. "Jacques Servier - Forbes". Forbes. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
3. "French patients sue over weight-loss drug linked to deaths". The Guardian. 24 November 2010.
4. Mullard A (March 2011). "Mediator scandal rocks French medical community" (PDF). Lancet 377 (9769). pp. 890–892. PMID 21409784.
5. "Sarkozy vows health system fix after drug furore". AlertNet. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.