Martine Clozel Explained

Martine Clozel
Birth Date:27 December 1955
Occupation:Scientist, entrepreneur
Known For:Co-founder of Actelion and Idorsia

Martine Clozel (born 27 December 1955) is a scientist, entrepreneur and co-founder of Actelion and Idorsia.[1]

Education and career

Clozel studied at the University of Nancy and the University of California in San Francisco. She also attended further training in physiology and pharmacology at McGill University.[2]

In 1997, she founded Actelion with her husband Jean-Paul Clozel.[3] [4] The company was sold in 2017 to the American pharmaceutical and consumer products company Johnson & Johnson for US$30 billion.[5] Martine Clozel founded the pharmaceutical company Idorsia in 2017 and has since served as head of research. She is one of the most successful female company founders in Switzerland.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd: Idorsia congratulates its Chief Scientific Officer Martine Clozel who has been honored by . 13 November 2022 . bloomberg.com . 14 December 2022.
  2. Web site: More entrepreneurship – Courageous transformations . idorsia.com . 14 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Actelion Began in a Garage—Now Its Founding Couple Has $1 Billion and a New Biotech Firm . Denise Roland . 2 March 2017 . wsj.com . 14 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Das ist die Frau hinter dem Erfolg von Idorsia und Actelion . Pascal Züger . 13 June 2018 . cash.ch . 14 December 2022.
  5. Web site: Medical couple and butcher's boy win big from Actelion sale . John Miller . 26 January 2017 . reuters.com . 14 December 2022.
  6. Web site: "Wir wissen genau, wo wir in fünf Jahren sein wollen". Karen Merkel-Gyger . 22 August 2018 . handelszeitung.ch . 14 December 2022.
  7. Web site: Idorsia congratulates its Chief Scientific Officer Martine Clozel who has been honored by Initiative Switzerland with the Annual Prix Suisse Award . 13 November 2022 . globenewswire.com . 14 December 2022.
  8. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-celebrates-1043-new-master-s-graduates/
  9. Web site: Martine Clozel geehrt – "sie verändert das Leben von Patienten weltweit" . Dominik Fischer . 13 November 2022 . 20min.ch . 14 December 2022.

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