Ipsen Seeks Success Outside Big Pharma's Hunting Grounds

Keen On Drugs With Peak Sales Of $300m-800m

David Loew has assembled a strong business development team which secured seven licensing pacts in 2021 and the Ipsen CEO tells Scrip that this year should see more of the same.

David Loew
David Loew • Source: Ipsen

The perception of Ipsen SA as a conservative business has been turned on its head since David Loew took over as CEO in July 2020, with the French company becoming a flagbearer for mid-sized pharma business development, having signed off seven external pacts last year.

Loew told Scrip that when he took the helm at Ipsen, after previously heading up the Sanofi Pasteur vaccines...

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