Jacques Servier Explained

Jacques Servier
Birth Date:	9 February 1922
Birth Place:	Vatan, France
Death Place:	Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Nationality:	French
Occupation:	Businessman Founder of 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, 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

• 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)

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015047/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=2185513&privcapId=2160407 Bloomberg BusinessWeek
2. News: Jacques Servier - Forbes. Forbes. 16 April 2014.
3. News: French patients sue over weight-loss drug linked to deaths. The Guardian. 24 November 2010.
4. News: Mullard A . Mediator scandal rocks French medical community . Lancet . 377 . 9769 . 890–892 . March 2011 . 21409784 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120525202502/http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673611603346.pdf . dead . 2012-05-25 .
5. News: Sarkozy vows health system fix after drug furore . . 20 January 2011 . 24 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120614051238/http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/sarkozy-vows-health-system-fix-after-drug-furore . 14 June 2012 .