Jacques Servier | |
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Born |
Vatan, France |
9 February 1922
Died | 16 April 2014 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
(aged 92)
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.
Founder of the pharmaceutical group Servier in 1954, he had a fortune estimated at US $7.7 billion.
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.