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Paul Janssen: Pioneer In Pharma & in China

Book cover - Paul Janssen
Author: Geerdt Magiels

ISBN: 9781845860530

Format: Paperback/256pp

Price: £15.00

Publication Month: September 2008

In the world of drug design and development, Paul Janssen was a giant - the founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica in Belgium which later merged with Johnson & Johnson. In his lifetime he was responsible for over 80 new medicines, five of which are on the World Health Organisation list of essential medicines - a world record. Paul Jansen: Pioneer in Pharma & in China is the history of a an extraordinary achievement - of his success in building a pharmaceutical 'empire' in China at a time when the country was essentially closed to the west. A fascinating story unfolds, of remarkable individuals, of business deals and scientific research, of international politics and cultural change, of humanity and ambition.

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