Michel Lescanne Explained

Michel Lescanne
Known For:Co-invention of Plumpy'nut and founding Nutriset
Occupation:Engineer, President, and Chief Executive Officer

Michel Lescanne is a French food processing engineer jointly responsible for the invention of the ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) Plumpy'nut in 1996, and presently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the French pharmaceutical manufacturer Nutriset.

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  1. Web site: Food or nutritional supplement, preparation method and uses. United States Patent and Trademark Office. Briend. André. Lescanne. Michel. 14 July 2000. 24 August 2012.
  2. Web site: Legal fight over Plumpy'nut, the hunger wonder-product . BBC. BBC News. Schofield. Hugh. 8 April 2010. 24 August 2012.
  3. Web site: Nutriset. Entreprise responsable. Ducable. Guillaume. French. Le Journal des entreprises. 6 November 2009. 24 August 2012.
  4. Web site: MSF: Nutriset patent impeding access to treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition. von Schoen-Angerer. Tido. Médecins Sans Frontières. 13 November 2009. 24 August 2012.
  5. Patents: A Recipe for Problems?. Enserink. Martin. 3 October 2008. 38. 10.1126/science.322.5898.38. Science. 322. 5898. 18832624. 35082040.
  6. The Peanut Butter Debate. Enserink. Martin. 3 October 2008. 36–38. 10.1126/science.322.5898.36. Science. 322. 5898. 18832623. 46550185.
  7. Web site: Ma pâte à base d'arachide évite l'hospitalisation aux enfants . French . . 11 June 2012 . 24 August 2012.
  8. Web site: Nutriset: une belle histoire. French. Le monde comme il va. 24 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120615071641/http://www.lemondecommeilva.com/nutriset-une-belle-histoire,264. 15 June 2012. dead.
  9. Web site: FOOD: Plumpy'nut patent under pressure. United Nations. Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN). 12 January 2010. 24 August 2012.
  10. Letter on commercial production of RUTF. Lescanne. Michel. March 2005. 24. 17. Field Exchange. 24 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110906033930/http://fex.ennonline.net/24/lettersmichel.aspx. 6 September 2011. dead.
  11. Social marketing of a nutritional supplement in Niger. https://archive.today/20130221152505/http://fex.ennonline.net/35/social. dead. 2013-02-21. Fernandez. Alejandra. Sauguet. Isabelle. Da Costa. Florence. Claeyssens. Virginie. Lescanne. Adeline. Lescanne. Michel. March 2009. 35. 28. Field Exchange. 24 August 2012.
  12. Reducing the price of Plumpy'nut. https://archive.today/20130221221936/http://fex.ennonline.net/17/reducing. dead. 2013-02-21. Lescanne. Michel. November 2002. 17. 23. Field Exchange. 24 August 2012.

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