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"Creating your own company" session on June 7

Every month, the Education Department, the MAASCC welcome and support structure for contract researchers and the Research Applications and Industrial Relations Department run an event offering scientists interested in business development the chance to meet a leading figure and entrepreneur in the area of biotechnology. The aim is to encourage those interested in setting up their own company.

This event, entitled "Creating your own company", takes the form of a breakfast meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.

 

The next session will take place on Tuesday June 7, 2016, from 8.30 to 10.30am in room 28-01-01A of the François Jacob building.

The speaker will be Rafaèle Tordjman, a Managing Partner at venture capital firm Sofinnova, which specializes in ambitious projects in the fields of biopharmaceuticals, medical devices and industrial biotechnology. In December, Sofinnova announced that it had raised a €300 million fund, a European record for this field. The magazine Forbes has rated Sofinnova as one of the most influential technology investors in the world.

 

rafaele.png Rafaèle Tordjman, MD, PhD, is a Managing Partner. She joined Sofinnova Partners in 2001. Prior to this, she worked as a research scientist at the Institut National de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) in Cochin Hospital, Paris. Before joining INSERM, she was a medical doctor specializing in clinical hematology and internal medicine. She obtained her PhD in Hematopoiesis and Angiogenesis from the University Paris VII followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in Immunology. She obtained her medical degree and her specialization in Hematology and Internal Medicine as a five-year fellow in Paris University Hospitals. She also participated in the “Young Manager Program” at INSEAD (France, in 2002). She has invested in and is on the board of Ascendis, DBV technologies. She was also on the board of Corevalve.

 

  • To sign up, please send an email to Lisa Riffaud. Note that there are just 20 spaces available and the deadline for registration is June 3.

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