Jacques
DJIAN -Vice-President
Exploratory Development and Translational Medicine
Dr. Djian comes to NicOx with 20 years of
experience in the pharmaceutical industry through three major
pharmaceutical companies.
He was previously the Executive Director and Senior Scientific
Consultant for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease issues at Novartis
in Basel (Switzerland). He has successfully participated to the
development of several cardiovascular drugs such as Rasilez®
(aliskiren), Diovan® (valsartan) and Exforge®
(amlodipine). Dr. Djian
has also worked for Wyeth Research as Global Senior Director of the
Cardiovascular Area. At Sanofi, he worked as Scientific Director of
Clinical Development and successfully participated in the development
of the antihypertensive drug Aprovel®
(irbesartan) and the
anti-platelet agent Plavix® (clopidogrel).
Jacques Djian is a Medical Doctor and cardiologist and graduated from
the University of Paris. He has also been a practicing cardiologist at
Saint-Joseph Hospital in Paris.
Dr. Djian is Member of: the French Society of Cardiology, the European
Society of Cardiology, the Society of Clinical Pharmacology and
Therapeutics, the American Society of Hypertension, the American
Society for the Advancement of Science.
His academic career combined medical practice, university/hospital
teaching, and clinical research. During his hospital career, he was
consultant for clinical development for different pharmaceutical
companies.