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Creation of a new chair at the Collège de France " Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt "

The Collège de France has created a new chair which will be inaugurated on January 18 2007 : the Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt Chair in partnership with the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation Inauguartion during which Jean-Paul Clozel, the chair's first holder, will give his opening lecture.

Jean-Paul Clozel, M.D.

Jean Paul Clozel is a physician. He turned to cardiology and became involved in research. Trained in several laboratories in Nancy, Paris, Montreal and San Francisco, he joined the Hoffmann-Laroche laboratory in 1985, where he contributed to major discoveries of new drugs. In November 1997, he left this position to found Actelion Ltd with three other researchers, where he has been Chairman and CEO since 2000. In less than ten years, Actelion Ltd has become Europe's largest biotech company.

Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 6 p.m

Collège de France
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre
11, place Marcelin-Berthelot
75005 Paris
Go to the opening lecture page

Admission free, subject to availability.

Other rooms will be open for live simulcasts.
The opening lecture will be filmed and broadcast live on the Collège de France website.

All lectures will be filmed and broadcast live on the Collège de France website. They will also be available on a slightly delayed basis.